Model predicts chance of having normal embryo as women age
Scientists say they have developed the most robust model yet to estimate how likely a woman is to have a chromosomally normal embryo for IVF depending on her age...
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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.
Cambodian raid finds 33 pregnant surrogates, with trafficking charges brought
Police in Cambodia have discovered 33 pregnant women who were working as part of an illegal surrogacy operation in Phnom Penh...
'Artificial ovary' for humans passes key milestone
Scientists have successfully supported human follicles — the precursors of egg cells — on a bioengineered ovarian 'scaffold' for the first time. The work is an important proof-of-concept, which may pave the way for developing artificial ovaries for
Stem cells with Neanderthal genes developed into mini-brains
Neanderthal 'mini-brains' have been successfully grown in a dish by a team from the University of California, San Diego...
Men's testosterone levels largely determined by environment
Childhood environment, rather than genetics or ethnicity, is the major factor influencing men's testosterone levels, according to research led by the University of Durham...
Australian Senate endorses mitochondrial donation
Australia may become the second nation to legalise mitochondrial donation, after its Senate endorsed the so-called 'three-person IVF' technique in a recent report...
Two-thirds of British people would not donate stem cells
A survey carried out by the blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan has found that 61 percent of British people would not feel encouraged to donate stem cells, even to help a family member or friend...
Repetitive behaviours in rare form of autism 'edited out' in mice
Genome editing technology has been used to edit out autistic traits in mice with a rare form of the condition, according to a new study in the journal Nature Biomedical Engineering...
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Dr Roy Farquharson: On ESHRE, big data, IVF, and the downsides of taking a kilt to a conference
by Shaoni Bhattacharya
Dr Roy Farquharson, chair of the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology, spoke exclusively to BioNews ahead of Europe's biggest embryology and reproductive medicine conference...