HFEA calls for 'culture change' on IVF add-ons
The Human Fertilisation Embryology Authority has signed a consensus statement calling for private IVF clinics to stop charging patients costly optional add-on treatments that are not proven to work...
by Rikita Patel
The Human Fertilisation Embryology Authority has signed a consensus statement calling for private IVF clinics to stop charging patients costly optional add-on treatments that are not proven to work...
by Eleanor Mackle and 1 others
Canadian researchers have published two new studies using machine learning to improve detection and treatment of cancer...
A polygenic test to assess embryos for intelligence has been launched and several US IVF clinics are considering offering it to patients...
The largest study of its kind has given evidence to suggest that being overweight can cause depression, primarily due to psychological factors...
A total of 18 people, including 11 pregnant women, arrested in Cambodia have been charged with offences relating to human trafficking for allegedly engaging in surrogacy for foreign couples...
Your preference for tea or coffee could be down to a genetic predisposition to perceiving bitterness, a new study has found...
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FILM: How Do We Make Genomics Everybody's Business?
by BioNews
This film documents the Progress Educational Trust/Genomics England event 'How Do We Make Genomics Everybody's Business?', which formed part of the Genomics Conversation...
Salvation through legislation?
by Dr Raj Mathur
Is a proposed bill to the UK parliament to defend the 'welfare of women' undergoing fertility treatment really the right way to address the debate over 'mild' and 'conventional' IVF? I raised my concerns over what I see as an unjustified backlash against