A routine genetic test used by the NHS to guide prescription of a common chemotherapeutic drug now includes a genetic variant more prevalent in people of African descent...
The Court of Appeal of England and Wales has concluded that it cannot identify which identical twin is the father of a child in a dispute regarding parental responsibility...
A newly described neurodevelopmental disorder has been linked to changes in a small noncoding gene...
Australia has passed legislation that prohibits life insurance companies from denying or limiting coverage based on genetic testing information, a move intended to prevent genetic discrimination, improve public confidence and remove barriers to genetic testing...
New regulations in sperm donation are being implemented by Belgium's Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products, following revelations regarding the use of sperm carrying a cancer-causing mutation, and widespread breaches of donor limits...
What if personalised medicine – designed to be more precise – actually ends up being less fair, asks Dr Tsveti Stoilova...
Sideways challenges the idea that only women get broody, using Simon Burrell’s story to reveal how men's longing for fatherhood is often suppressed by social norms...
Have you ever wondered what it means to have dozens of half-siblings across the world – or to never know where half of your genetic identity comes from? A recent episode of Zembla explores the human consequences of the global trade in donor sperm...
In this two-part conversation, Dr Philip Ball and Dr Naomi Moris explore the intersection of philosophy and developmental biology, discussing stem-cell-based embryo models and ethical questions raised by emerging research...
Going It Alone on BBC Woman's Hour explores single mother familes created through sperm donation. Eleanor Brown listened in...
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All CommentWhat Does the NICE Fertility Guideline Update Mean for You?
by Caitlin Way
At the latest PET event, experts gathered to discuss the newly updated NICE Fertility Guideline, exploring major changes to IVF recommendations, emerging fertility pathways, and persistent inequalities in access to treatment across the UK...
Developing an international framework for stem-cell-based embryo models
by Professor Alfonso Martínez Arias and 2 others
Professor Alfonso Martínez Arias, Dr Nicolas Rivron and Dr Naomi Moris set out key recommendations from a foundational framework for research, technological development and regulation in relation to stem-cell-based embryo models...
When research challenges belief: Surrogacy families in the political crossfire
by Professor Susan Golombok
A 20-year study of UK surrogacy families found no evidence of widespread psychological harm to children, parents, or surrogates. Despite this, some recent reports have highlighted isolated cases rather than the full evidence, writes Professor Susan Golombok...
UK regulation is obstructing donation of frozen eggs to research
by Dr Jennifer Langford and 2 others
People want to donate their frozen eggs to research. Current regulations are making it hard, say Dr Jennifer Langford, Dr Molly Johnston,and Dr Joanna Demaree Cotton...
PET Podcast: Ancestry, Ethnicity, IVF Outcomes – Why Do Some Patients Fare Better than Others?
by Sarah Norcross
Bringing you PET events as a podcast. In the 46th episode of its podcast, PET explores disparities in IVF outcomes, with Baroness Geeta Nargund, Dr Patricia Hamilton, Professor Asif Muneer, Jonathan Luwagga, Dr Edmond Edi-Osagie and Yvonne John...