Using women's natural ovulation cycles for IVF frozen embryo transfers is as effective as a hormonally medicated cycle, and may reduce pregnancy complications, research suggests...
Variants in maternal genes that increase the risk of aneuploidy have been identified...
A new analysis offers the most comprehensive map of large scale genomic variants in the Qatari population...
A couple is suing a Florida fertility clinic after discovering their baby born following IVF was not genetically related to either of them...
A novel gene insertion therapy to treat a rare liver disorder in newborns has received regulatory designations in the USA and the UK...
Ancient viral DNA sequences in the mouse genome may offer insight into a severe muscle-wasting disease in humans…
Dr Tom Turner reviews a new book by medic and biotech entrepreneur Dr William Haseltine and science writer Dr Kim Hazel, who aim to summarise the gene therapy landscape for a lay audience...
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Fertility preservation: Cancer survivors are being let down by NHS IVF policy
by Bethany Harman
Bethany Harman explains that her fiancé Ben had his sperm frozen six years ago, before undergoing cancer treatment, and that he and she are now being denied the opportunity to use his frozen sperm for NHS-funded IVF...
Donating frozen eggs: Why treatment costs cannot be reimbursed in Australia
by Molly Johnston and 2 others
Reimbursing egg-freezers for donating their unused eggs is not the solution to donor shortages in Australia, argue Dr Molly Johnston, Dr Ezra Kneebone and Dr Julian Koplin...
Cancer survivor told he is too heavy to have IVF
by BioNews
This ITV News item features Ben Smith (a cancer survivor who has been told he cannot use his stored sperm for NHS-funded IVF), Bethany Harman (Ben's fiancée), and Sarah Norcross (director of PET)...