Just three out of 42 Integrated Care Boards are offering the recommended three full NHS-funded IVF cycles across their entire area, analysis by the Progress Educational Trust has shown...
A protective gene variant that enables the immune system to respond rapidly to COVID-19 has been uncovered by scientists...
Fetal cells invade the uterine lining without triggering the maternal immune system, a new cell atlas has shown...
Two potential new treatments for Alzheimer's disease using the CRISPR genome editing approach have been reported at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands...
A miniature 3D model of the human placenta could help improve medical care in pregnancy...
Proteins that exist in the junctions between cells have been shown to help create signalling gradients crucial for cell differentiation in human embryo models...
This podcast episode is a timely look back at the Human Genome Project, including interviews with the UK's top geneticists...
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The Government's false promises to fertility patients
by Sarah Norcross
The Government said in its Women's Health Strategy that it was 'committed to greater transparency of the provision of IVF services across the country and will therefore explore mechanisms to publish data nationally on provision and availability of IVF'...
The Women's Health Strategy
by Ryan Au
One year after the publication of the Women's Health Strategy, a panel of doctors, campaigners and politicians asked what – if anything – had changed for fertility patients...
FILM: NHS Fertility Treatment – Wouldn't It Be NICE to Have a Workable Guideline?
by BioNews
This film documents a PET event about the funding and provision of fertility treatment, and what is meant by a 'full' cycle of IVF...