Chelsea Football Club will fund egg freezing and fertility treatment for its female players, becoming the first Women's Super League club to do so...
Base editing can efficiently alter the DNA of human embryos, but it can also result in unintended genomic changes....
Two same-sex couples face the destruction of their frozen embryos after their sperm donors unexpectedly withdrew consent for their use...
A new AI-powered database predicts the effects of single-nucleotide changes in any of the three billion bases in human DNA...
Children who have received platinum-based chemotherapy carry a distinct mutational signature in their livers as a result, as well as a higher level of mutations across various healthy tissues...
As a lifelong EastEnders viewer and genetics editor at BioNews, Dr Joanne Delange takes a closer look at the science behind Denise Fox's stem cell transplant storyline and the genetics of finding a suitable donor…
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Withdrawal of donor consent after the creation of embryos requires HFEA intervention
by Dr Kamal Ahuja and 1 others
Following two recent cases where a donor withdrew consent after patients created embryos using their sperm, the medical and scientific directors of London Sperm Bank call for UK law to be updated...
Egg freezing is not reproductive insurance – so what does 'success' really mean?
by Dr Kylie Baldwin and 1 others
Dr Kylie Baldwin and Stuart Lavery consider the complexities behind egg freezing, exploring why women freeze their eggs, what 'success' means, and what happens to eggs that are never used...
What fertility awareness campaigns can learn from lived experiences
by Dr Eva De Clercq
Fertility awareness should go beyond age and biology to reflect the diverse ways people experience reproductive uncertainty throughout their lives, writes Dr Eva De Clercq...