A drug can reduce the risk of infertility and early menopause in women undergoing chemotherapy for certain early stage breast cancers...
US company Sequenom has revealed that its prenatal blood test - MaterniT21 PLUS - has detected potential cancer in at least 40 expectant mothers since its launch three years ago...
A UK twin study estimates that between 56 and 95 percent of autism spectrum disorder cases are attributable to genetics...
A single father has adopted his biological child born to his mother in a surrogacy arrangement using donor eggs...
A combined stem cell and gene therapy for lung cancer will get its first clinical trial in the UK, the Medical Research Council has announced...
The idea that all of us - men and women - are chips off the paternal block has been given some scientific credence by a study in mice...
I arrived with some bemusement at this one-hour debate, 'Does Egg Freezing Enable Women to "Have It All"?', to Beyoncé playing out loudly to an excited lecture theatre...
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Legislating for assisted conception in Ireland
by Fiona Duffy
According to a recent press release from the Department of Health, the Irish Government is finally going to legislate for 'Assisted Human Reproduction and associated research'...
Can I be my grandchild's mother?
by Professor Anna Smajdor
The Daily Mail recently reported that a 59-year-old woman is seeking to give birth to her own grandchild...