Podcast Review: Your Best Baby
A review of the podcast Your Best Baby examines the growing commercialisation of PGT-P and the ethical questions raised by selecting embryos based on predicted traits and disease risks...
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts equipment used for embryo biopsy.
IVF and Fertility Treatment
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
TV Review: Vicky Pattison – Maybe baby
Reality TV star Vicky Pattison explores whether she wants to become a parent in this two-part documentary...
TV Review: Swipe Right for Sperm
BBC Wales investigates the rise in people turning to social media to find sperm donors, the men behind the accounts, and the risks associated with the practice…
Image by Bill Sanderson via the Wellcome Collection, © Wellcome Trust Ltd 1990. Depicts Laocoön and his family (from Greek and Roman mythology) entwined in coils of DNA.
The Dutch Embryo Act at a crossroads
The Dutch Embryo Act has governed the handling of oocytes, sperm cells and embryos since 2002. However, the rapid emergence of stem-cell-based embryo models and scientific interest in early human development are now driving debate around multiple provisions of the Act...
PET Podcast: Accessing Fertility Treatment – Challenges and Solutions for LGBTQ+ Communities
Bringing you PET events as a podcast. In the 52nd episode of its podcast, PET explores fertility treatment challenges faced by LGBTQ+ people, with Kate Osborne MP, Dr Carolyn Wilson-Nash, Dr Jennifer Takhar, Michael Johnson-Ellis, Dr Susie Bower-Brown, Dr Chloe He and Natalie Gamble...
IVF success rates increase while minimising multiple embryo transfers
News from ESHRE – improvements in IVF protocols have improved birth rates, while reducing the number of multiple pregnancies…
IVF affordability predicts resulting births
News from ESHRE – halving what patients pay for fertility treatment could more than double uptake…
Women over 49 have lower chance of live birth, even with donor eggs
News from ESHRE – uterine ageing affects the chances of pregnancy independently of egg quality…
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts equipment used for embryo biopsy.
Expanding use of Singapore's CPF MediSave for IVF will yield diminishing returns
Dr Alexis Heng Boon Chin advises against using medical savings intended for old age to fund more fertility treatments...
Why we published the 'Fertility, Embryo Research and Genome Editing' report
Professor Karen Sermon and Sarah Norcross explain why ESHRE and PET have collaborated to publish the wide-ranging report 'Fertility, Embryo Research and Genome Editing: Public Attitudes in Europe'...