High Court rules against mother wanting to use her deceased daughter's eggs
The High Court has ruled that a decision not to allow a mother to take her deceased daughter's eggs for fertility treatment overseas was lawful...
News
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Yorkshire embryologist awarded MBE
Rachel Cutting, principal embryologist at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has been awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List...
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.
Sequenom prenatal test patent ruled invalid by appeals court
A US federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that Sequenom's prenatal MaterniT21 test is not sufficiently 'inventive' to be patentable....
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Ectopic pregnancies following assisted reproduction fall by half
The rate of ectopic pregnancies in the UK following assisted reproduction has almost halved in the past 12 years, according to a new analysis...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
ESHRE 2015: Research highlights
A roundup of research stories from ESHRE 2015 that hit the headlines this week...
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.
Cancer patient appeals gene patenting decision
Australia's highest court will decide whether isolated molecules of DNA linked to a gene mutation associated with an increased risk of hereditary breast and ovarian cancers are patentable under Australian law....
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.
DNA links Kennewick Man to Native Americans
New DNA evidence has reignited a longstanding debate over the ownership of a 9000-year-old skeleton, known as Kennewick Man...
Reviews
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Theatre Review: The Waiting Room
It takes an ambitious and courageous playwright to take on the challenging and emotive subject of IVF. Some may even regard it as foolish to delve into a topic that combines science, religion, politics and ethics...
Comment
Non-invasive prenatal testing for Down's syndrome - beyond the hype
by Jane Fisher
There has been much recent media interest in non-invasive prenatal testing for Down's syndrome, and this coincides with deliberations by the UK National Screening Committee on its potential inclusion in the NHS Down's syndrome screening programme...
But what does my genetic test result mean?
by Professor Anneke Lucassen and 1 others
The gap between discovering genomic contributions to diseases and testing an individual’s genome for personal, actionable, information about health is wider than the current discourse on genomics might suggest...