The 52nd episode of the Progress Educational Trust podcast explores legal, practical and other challenges faced by LGBTQ+ people seeking fertility treatment and how these might be overcome, with Kate Osborne MP, Dr Carolyn Wilson-Nash, Dr Jennifer Takhar, Michael Johnson-Ellis, Dr Susie Bower-Brown, Dr Chloe He and Natalie Gamble.
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Registration is now open for this year's PET Annual Conference – AI and Automation in Fertility and Genomics: Pipeline? Or Pipe Dream? – which is supported by supported by ESHRE, and is taking place in central London on Wednesday 9 December 2026.
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