10-year limit on egg freezing is 'debilitating' for women, says former HFEA chair
Fertility experts are campaigning for the UK government to review current legislation which means women who freeze their eggs must use them within 10 years...
News
Birth expected in mitochondrial donation for infertility trial
Greek and Spanish researchers have announced that a clinical trial using mitochondrial donation to treat infertility has resulted in a pregnancy...
Second woman pregnant with genome-edited baby in China
A second pregnancy established with a genome-edited embryo is ongoing, Chinese authorities have confirmed...
New lawsuits filed over embryos lost in freezer failure
Eight new lawsuits have been filed this week following the loss of 4000 eggs and embryos when a storage tank in a fertility clinic malfunctioned...
FDA approves consumer genetic test for colorectal cancer risk
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a direct-to-consumer genetic test for a hereditary form of colorectal cancer by 23andMe...
Slimness may be 'in the genes', suggests study
Scientists have identified several genetic variants that tip the balance in favour of being thin...
Reviews
TV review: The Big Questions - Should we be striving to eliminate mistakes from the genome? (BBC One, Series 12, Episode 2)
This episode of 'The Big Questions' starts with just that: a big question. One with no easy answer — which usually signposts an interesting debate...
Comment
Carrot not stick: reforming surrogacy law
by Professor Margot Brazier
Attitudes to surrogacy have altered dramatically since 1978, when Sir Roger Ormrod, then a judge at the Court of Appeal, issued this damning condemnation...
40 Years of IVF: Past, Present and Future
by Sarah Norcross
The Progress Educational Trust event '40 Years of IVF: Past, Present and Future' promised to be a special one, organised as it was to mark the 40th birthday of the world's first IVF baby boy Alastair MacDonald, and it didn't disappoint...