Malta reforms law on embryo freezing and gamete donation
Malta's Embryo Protection (Amendment) Act, which came into effect on 1 October, has widened access to IVF and legalised gamete donation and embryo freezing.
News
Gastruloids self-assemble into 3D 'little banana' shape
Clusters of embryonic stem cells, known as gastruloids, have been found to form structures similar to a developing embryo...
Japan prepares to allow genome editing in human embryos
Japan has introduced draft guidelines on genome editing that would permit the use of the approach, including CRISPR/Cas9, in human embryos for research purposes...
UK plans to sequence 5 million genomes in 5 years
Plans to sequence five million genomes in the next five years were announced by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock last week.
'Molecular signature' of childhood trauma discovered in men's sperm
Scientists have discovered alterations in sperm cell DNA of adult men who had been abused as a child...
Prenatal tests provide largest genetic study of Chinese people
The largest genetic analysis of China's population to date has been carried out on over 140,000 pregnant women, revealing new insights into migration patterns and disease risk in Chinese people...
Reviews
TV Review: Inside Out North East & Cumbria - 24.09.18 (BBC)
The demand for sperm donors is rapidly rising within the UK. This partly reflects the growing number of single women opting to start a family, as well as an increasing number of women in same-sex relationships who wish to conceive...
Comment
Men are not getting adequate care for infertility
by Professor Sheena Lewis
There has been much media interest in male infertility care this year, but two major issues have stood out. The first is the inadequacy of care for the man, from incomplete diagnosis to non-information about his treatment choices. The second is the use of