Singapore woman wins damages from IVF sperm mix-up
A woman in Singapore has been awarded damages after an IVF clinic fertilised her eggs with a stranger's sperm instead of her husband's...
by Jen Willows
A woman in Singapore has been awarded damages after an IVF clinic fertilised her eggs with a stranger's sperm instead of her husband's...
The movement of sperm can be explained by a relatively simple mathematical formula, according to new research...
A drug that reverses aspects of ageing has been successfully demonstrated in mice...
by Rikita Patel
New patients referred for infertility treatment by their doctors will now have access to three cycles of IVF on the NHS in Scotland...
Scientists have reversed ageing in mice by adding a chemical involved in DNA repair to their drinking water...
A new study has found that up to 66 percent of cancer-causing mutations can be attributed to random mistakes made during DNA replication...
Rapid advances in stem cell and embryo research are in danger of outstripping current ethical guidelines and new regulations are urgently needed, warn scientists in a report published this week...
A genetic test based on 31 markers could be used to predict at what age an individual is likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease...
Radiolab explores the science, the uses and the ethics of CRISPR in this podcast that was two years in the making...
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It all adds up
by Sarah Norcross
The Progress Educational Trust (PET) is having to turn people away from its event 'Fertility Treatment Add-Ons: Do They Add Up?' this week — help us make our events available to all...
Going home and forgetting about it: a different perspective on donors and donor conception
by Petra Nordqvist and 1 others
Until twelve years ago, most people donating eggs or sperm via a UK clinic would be anonymous. In the eyes of the law, this donation was a generous gift that was handed over without continuing responsibilities or ties for the donor. In fact, continued inv