Nearly 70 percent of ICBs in England offer only one NHS-funded IVF cycle
Twenty-nine of the 42 integrated care boards in England offer only one cycle of NHS-funded IVF for eligible women under 40, the PET Fertility Policy Tracker shows...
News
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Genetic influence on longevity estimated in twin study
After reanalysing decades of twin data, scientists now estimate that genetics plays a greater role in lifespan than was previously thought...
Egg donation ads breached advertising standards
The UK's Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that a fertility clinic's advertisements promoting egg donation 'trivialised the decision to donate eggs'...
Image by Sílvia Ferreira, Cristina Lopo and Eileen Gentleman via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a single human stem cell embedded within a porous hydrogel matrix (false colour).
Stem cell treatment for Parkinson's to be assessed in the clinic
An early phase clinical trial using induced pluripotent stem cells to treat Parkinson's disease has been approved...
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Comprehensive mutation map shows effects of key cancer gene
Not all mutations in the CTNNB1 gene — a key cancer driver — are equal, offering insights for personalised cancer treatment...
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
AI may improve accuracy of 'combined' prenatal test for Down's syndrome
A new approach to high-chance prenatal Down's syndrome screening, involving AI, could improve the predictive accuracy of the 'combined' test for Down's syndrome...
Reviews
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Radio Review: The Life Scientific – Professor George Church
Professor Jim Al-Khalili interviews Professor George Church in this episode of The Life Scientific. From bringing back mammoths to the Human Genome Project... but does he ask probing enough questions? Davy Tennison finds out for BioNews...
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Understanding Egg Donation: The Give and Take
by Vanessa Burns
This event from PET brought together clinical, social and lived perspectives on egg donation: exploring the needs and interests of donors, recipients, and donor-conceived people alike...
Surrogacy in the UK: Myth busting and reform ten years on
by Professor Kirsty Horsey and 4 others
Following publication of the latest report from the SurrogacyUK Working Group on Surrogacy Law Reform, report authors and contributors Professor Kirsty Horsey, Natalie Smith, Sarah Norcross, Sarah Jones and Dr Bianca Jackson reflect on ten years of surrogacy developments...
PET Podcast: PGT-A as an IVF Add-On – 25 Years of Controversy
by Sarah Norcross
Bringing you PET events as a podcast. In the 40th episode of its podcast, PET discusses longstanding controversies surrounding PGT-A, with Dr Deborah Cohen, Professor Karen Sermon, Dr Justin Chu, James Lawford Davies and Professor Manuela Perrotta...
FILM: Rare Disease Genomic Testing – How Do We Make Access Equitable and Timely?
by BioNews
This film documents a PET event discussing how we might improve access to genetic and genomic testing, and related services, for people and families affected by rare disease...