Woman pregnant with baby selected to avoid childhood cancer
The UK's Times newspaper has revealed that a British woman is pregnant with the UK's first baby conceived to be free from an inherited childhood cancer. Last August, doctors at University College Hospital (UCH), London, were granted a licence by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority...
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Designer babies or designer news?
by Dr Alan Thornhill
Once again the media have a new designer baby story. Sorry, but there's nothing really new here. No new ethical arguments, new techniques or disease types. Not a designer baby in sight. What is new is the decision by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) to expand the list...
Talking Embryos: Under an interdisciplinary microscope
by Dr Zeynep Gurtin and 1 others
On 5 May, King's College Cambridge saw an international gathering of scientists and academics from a range of disciplines (including biology, history, sociology, bioethics, anthropology, and more); clinicians from fertility centres; representatives from assisted reproductive technology (ART) patient support groups, public pressure groups and policy organisations such as the Human...