Sperm donor named legal parent and ordered to pay £300,000
A sperm donor conceived a child during an 'intense extramarital affair', a High Court judge has ruled, and has been ordered to pay litigation costs of £300,000 and child maintenance...
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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.
Having a purpose in life makes gene expression 'healthier'
Different types of happiness affect the human genome in different ways, according to research from the University of California, Los Angeles...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Higher risk of childhood cancer for those born from women with fertility problems
Children born from mothers with fertility problems are at a higher risk of developing cancers during childhood and young adulthood, according to a large Danish study...
Image by K Hardy via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human embryo at the blastocyst stage (about six days after fertilisation) 'hatching' out of the zona pellucida.
Stem cells from human urine used to grow teeth in mice
Scientists have grown tooth-like structures in the lab using stem cells derived from human urine combined with embryonic mouse cells...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Fertility drugs not linked to heart disease
Women who have fertility treatment to boost egg production are not at increased risk of death or developing major heart disease later in life, according to a Canadian study...
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.
Scents and sense ability: genes may influence perception of smell
Whether a smell strikes you as fragrant or fetid — or if you even notice it at all — may be influenced by your genes, according to a pair of studies...
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.
Book Review: Fertility and Reproduction
Fertility and Reproduction is extremely up-to-date on current issues, discussing saviour sibling treatment, eugenics as well as mitochondrial replacement, all of which have been extremely topical in bioethics...
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Surrogacy law: a call for change?
by Susan Imrie and 1 others
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority intends to update its guidance on surrogacy for clinics, and while we welcome this clarification, it is also important to consider how surrogates feel the law shapes their experiences...