A new genetic test could predict which patients with early-stage breast cancer patients would benefit from chemotherapy...
Researchers in the US have found that Hispanic individuals age slower than people from other ethnic backgrounds...
The Indian government is considering a bill to ban commercial surrogacy, which will only allow Indian couples married for at least five years to use surrogacy.
A study comparing two common IVF media used by fertility clinics has found different outcomes in implantation success rates and birth weight...
A same-sex male couple in South Africa has become the first set of parents in the country to have triplets who share both the fathers' DNA...
Scientists have identified a gene variation that could influence the amount of caffeine a person consumes....
Researchers have reported on an experimental technique that could improve the fertilisation success rate of in vitro maturation IVM, an alternative fertility method to IVF...
GMO Sapiens is just the annoying grit in the machine that the genome editing debate needs, but readers deserve clearer lines between science, speculation and opinion...
The memoirs of author and playwright Alice Jolly, as she navigates her way through miscarriage and stillbirth, and on to IVF and eventually surrogacy, help to break taboos and offer hope for those experiencing loss...
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Optimising IVF practice: Fresh or frozen embryos?
by Dr Bruce Shapiro
Is it better to transfer fresh embryos during IVF or frozen embryos that have been thawed...
Why information and choice won't solve all of NIPT's ethical problems
by Professor Ainsley Newson
Jane Fisher and Lyn Chitty highlight in BioNews 864 that it's been almost nine months since the UK National Screening Committee recommended an 'evaluative implementation of NIPT into the NHS's antenatal screening programme — a recommendation that still awaits ministerial decision...