PET Annual Conference 2023 – online but not derailed
The recent announcement of further UK rail strikes means we have had to make the agonising decision to move next week's PET Annual Conference entirely online...
The recent announcement of further UK rail strikes means we have had to make the agonising decision to move next week's PET Annual Conference entirely online...
by Julia Chain
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has published its recommendations for modernising fertility and embryo law. Julia Chain, chair of the HFEA, sets out four key areas where the law should be modernised...
Stem-cell-based embryo models are self-organised, 3D structures that mimic the developmental processes that occur in early embryos. This event examined the science, methods, and future of this area of stem cell research...
Dr Calum MacKellar discusses the biological, moral and legal status of stem-cell-based embryonic entities...
by BioNews
This film documents a PET event marking the centenary of JBS Haldane's 'Daedalus', a lecture – subsequently a book – that pioneered the idea of in vitro fertilisation...
The Health Council of the Netherlands has recommended that the 14-day rule for embryo research should be extended to a 28-day rule, as this could yield knowledge that helps to prevent developmental diseases and treat infertility...
A new dialogue report shows backing from members of the public for the extension of the 14-day limit on human embryo research...
by Rachel Siden
Professor Sir Ian Wilmut, leader of the team that created Dolly the sheep, has died at age 79...
The most complete human embryo model to date has been created, mimicking all of the key structures that emerge in the early embryo by day 14 of development...
by Dr Geraldine Jowett and 1 others
Identifying the defining characteristics of different states of stem cell pluripotency could hold the key to improving human stem cell-based embryo models...
BioNews, published by the Progress Educational Trust (PET), provides news and comment on genetics, assisted conception, embryo/stem cell research and related areas.