Surrogacy charity founder sentenced for embezzlement
A surrogacy charity founder has been convicted of embezzling £50,000...
News
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Australia's IVF price wars may lower costs further
Treatment costs for IVF may be coming down in Australia as a result of a price war between fertility clinics...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Common flame retardant reduces IVF success
Lower IVF success rates have been linked to flame retardants commonly found in household items...
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.
Australian insurance inquiry to consider genetic discrimination
A parliamentary inquiry in Australia is examining the impact of life insurance discrimination based on genetic test results...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Cambodia moves to permanently ban commercial surrogacy
Commercial surrogacy will be permanently banned in Cambodia if a new law drafted by Women's Affairs Ministry is approved...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Dutch sperm donor may have fathered 102 children
A man is being investigated in the Netherlands after claims he fathered over 100 children through sperm donation...
Reviews
Theatre Review: Bodies, Royal Court Theatre
At the opening of the play, couple Clem and Josh have decided to pursue surrogacy after suffering multiple miscarriages. We find out that the egg will come from a Russian donor, be fertilised with Josh's sperm, and then implanted in an Indian surrogate...
Comment
Mitochondrial replacement therapies in Mexico and the USA - and the FDA
by Dr César Palacios-González
Almost a year after the first live birth of a baby following a mitochondrial replacement technique procedure, the US Food and Drug Administration has sent a very strongly-worded letter to the scientist and team responsible for the event...