Film Review: High Life
Dr Dan Jacobson finds this 'high-minded, critically-polarising, French, visually-stunning-yet-powerfully-moody exploration of human existence' bold, fascinating and more than occasionally unintelligible...
Dr Dan Jacobson finds this 'high-minded, critically-polarising, French, visually-stunning-yet-powerfully-moody exploration of human existence' bold, fascinating and more than occasionally unintelligible...
by Professor Cathy Herbrand and 2 others
Screening gamete donors could reduce transmission of recessive genetic conditions, but also gives rise to new and ethically sensitive questions for recipients, clinicians and donors...
by Jake Knox
The US Food and Drug Administration is reportedly relaxing their restrictions on gay and bisexual men from anonymously donating sperm...
by Dr Grace Halden and 1 others
Direct-to-consumer 'matching' websites and social media platforms are enabling parents of donor-conceived people to discover donor siblings outside of the regulatory framework, with potential implications say Grace Halden and Hayley King…
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has recommended that the compensation given to UK sperm and egg donors is raised for the first time in over a decade...
The Guardian asked the question, 'Why are there so few Black sperm donors in the USA?' and turned to Angela Stepancic, a Black woman who recently navigated her way through the complex fertility system in the USA to help answer this question and many others...
ITVX's new four-part documentary, Born From the Same Stranger features the stories of donor-conceived people looking for information about their half-siblings and donors. Charlotte Dore reviews the first episode to air...
by Blair Sowry
A Connecticut woman discovered that her ex-boyfriend is her half-brother, after it transpired a fertility doctor used his own sperm in her mother's treatment...
BioNews, published by the Progress Educational Trust (PET), provides news and comment on genetics, assisted conception, embryo/stem cell research and related areas.