Ageing and mortality shaped by environment more than genetics
Environmental factors could be more influential in health and premature death than our genes, according to a new study...
Environmental factors could be more influential in health and premature death than our genes, according to a new study...
The president of the Family Division of the High Court has warned parents against considering unlawful surrogacy arrangements abroad after a 'highly unusual' case...
A new gene therapy improves sight in children with a rare genetic disease that causes blindness...
A woman in the USA is suing her fertility clinic after discovering the wrong embryo had been transferred to her during fertility treatment...
Single-nucleotide differences in a DNA sequence that are associated with an inherited cancer risk have been identified through a large-scale screening study...
by Tara Smith
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at protecting and expanding access to IVF and reducing costs...
This short documentary follows BBC Mundo journalist Ana Mariá Roura and her husband Sebastien as they go through a round of IVF as part of their efforts to have a child...
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Frozen embryos in Poland: The need for legal change
by Maciej Śmiechowski and 1 others
Marta Górna and Maciej Śmiechowski discuss mandatory donation requirements for unused embryos in Poland...
FILM: 10 Families and Counting – Time for Global Limits on Donor-Created (Half-) Siblings?
by BioNews
This film documents a PET event discussing whether there should be limits on the number of people – worldwide – who can be created from the sperm or eggs of the same donor...
PET Podcast: The Fertility Landscape for LGBTQ+ Communities – Barriers and Considerations
by Sarah Norcross
Bringing you PET events as a podcast. In the 25th episode of its podcast, PET discusses access to and quality of fertility treatment for LGBTQ+ people with Dr Carole Gilling-Smith, Professor Nick Macklon, Nancy Kelley, Laura-Rose Thorogood, Dr Marcin Śmietana, Jacob Stokoe and Natalie Gamble...