HFEA to come under fire
The UK parliament's Science and Technology Committee is due to publish a report this week on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), which will condemn a number of the authority's recent actions. The report is expected to say that the HFEA has 'usurped the powers of Parliament' and to...
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Embryo mix-up need not be an unmitigated disaster
by Juliet Tizzard
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) is not having a good week. First came the Sun newspaper's scoop that an embryo mix-up had led to the birth of black twins to a white couple. Then New Scientist magazine published an article suggesting that IVF clinic league tables encourage bad...