Call to remember 'forgotten' IVF pioneer Jean Purdy
Jean Purdy, embryologist to the world's first IVF baby, should be celebrated as IVF's third pioneer, says the British Fertility Society...
News
Six genes linked to premature birth
Six key genes have been identified in the largest study of premature birth to date...
Deficient diet linked to schizophrenia symptoms in mice
Mice deprived of two essential fatty acids during pregnancy give birth to pups with schizophrenia-like symptoms...
Craig Venter says genome sequencing can predict faces
It is possible to predict someone's face using DNA sequencing and machine learning, according to Dr Craig Venter...
Drug protects mice against cancer treatment infertility
An existing drug has been shown to protect eggs from radiation and chemotherapy damage in research carried out in mice...
NHS IVF no longer available in county that pioneered it
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group has removed funding for free IVF treatment, despite being the county where the procedure was first developed 40 years ago...
Gene therapy for cancer halted after patient death
Two trials assessing gene therapy for blood cancer have been put on hold by the US Food and Drug Administration, following a patient fatality...
Financial stress and circadian gene linked to migraine
People with specific variants of a body clock gene are more likely than others to develop migraines under financial hardship...
Reviews
Image by Bill Sanderson via the Wellcome Collection, © Wellcome Trust Ltd 1990. Depicts Laocoön and his family (from Greek and Roman mythology) entwined in coils of DNA.
Book Review: Stem Cell Dialogues - A Philosophical and Scientific Inquiry into Medical Frontiers
Is using and destroying a human embryo for medical research ethical? This question is constantly considered in our newspapers, courtrooms and research labs. You almost certainly have an opinion on it...
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Costs of IVF in Australia: Downward trends shall continue
by Professor Alan Trounson and 1 others
In Australia, almost four percent of children are born as a result of assisted reproductive technologies. The comparatively high rate of ART use is in part due to costs being covered by the taxpayer-funded health insurance scheme, Medicare...