Two genetic variants have been pinpointed by researchers as causing two of the most severe forms of childhood epilepsy...
A US Government report shows that six percent of married couples in the USA have problems conceiving, down from 8.5 percent in a similar report three decades ago...
The Governor of California, Jerry Brown, has vetoed a bill that would have allowed women to sell their eggs for medical research...
Claims for the health benefits of the typically Mediterranean diet high in olive oil, fish, and complex carbohydrates are common, if hard to substantiate...
A mouse heart was able to contract again after its own cells were removed and replaced with human stem cells, a study in Nature Communications reports...
Human stem cells have been reprogrammed to form cancer-targeting immune cells that were shown to stop tumour growth in mice...
Jason Patric, an actor best known for his role in 'The Lost Boys', has appeared before California lawmakers in support of a bill that would allow sperm donors to apply for parental rights....
A team of researchers has comprehensively charted the genetic 'signatures' of processes that drive tumour development for the first time...
These Donor Conception Network booklets can certainly help with preparing to tell friends and family about donor conception, but it's a shame that there is a need for people to be told how to be considerate to others and that there still seems to be a stigma attached to infertility...
For anyone with an interest in reproductive healthcare, 'Reproductive Politics: What everyone needs to know' is a treasure trove of information and insight. This accessible, short(ish) book manages to cover everything from abortion and contraception to assisted reproductive technologies, childbirth, breastfeeding and disability...
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Informal sperm donation and introduction websites: a case for more regulation?
by Sharmila Nebhrajani
The recent judgment handed down in the case of M v F and H [2013] on 5 July highlights difficulties with regard to legal parentage in cases of informal donor situations, which are not regulated by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA)...