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Preimplantation genetic diagnosis and the welfare of the healthy selected child |
| 20 May 2013 - by |
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Preimplanatation genetic diagnosis (PGD) is a technique that allows couples from families with history of certain inheritable diseases to try and reduce their risk of having a child affected by the condition.... [Read More] |
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| 20 May 2013 - by |
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In addressing egg-donation dad-to-be Ben Saer's points in his BioNews article, it is hard to know where to start. Good parenting is of course supportive and protective, but it does not resolve the desire of some people to know more about who helped create them... [Read More] |
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Your thoughts about donor conception, conditionality and adoption |
| 20 May 2013 - by |
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Should gamete donors be allowed to place conditions on who receives their donation? And should those considering having children via donor conception be encouraged to adopt instead?... [Read More] |
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| 14 May 2013 - by |
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A full audio recording of last month's Progress Educational Trust debate at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists... [Read More] |
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| 13 May 2013 - by |
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The recent Nuffield report makes two disappointing recommendations - that anonymous donation should not be reintroduced, and that the state should encourage those who donated pre-2005 to come forward. Both positions are obstructive to donors, past and present... [Read More] |
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| 13 May 2013 - by |
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The Progress Educational Trust (PET)'s project 'When It Takes More Than Two', supported by the Wellcome Trust, sought to clarify public and professional understanding of donor conception by focusing on the different parties involved... [Read More] |
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| 07 May 2013 - by |
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The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) voted on 20 March 2013 to update the guidance it gives to UK fertility clinics on surrogacy. It is a welcome decision that will mean better support for the growing numbers of families created through surrogacy in the UK.... [Read More] |
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| 07 May 2013 - by |
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I know what they say about yesterday's news and today's fish and chip paper but what I'm about to tell you is six months old and still a little way off as a headline... [Read More] |
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Little for donor-conceived people in the Nuffield Council's report |
| 29 April 2013 - by |
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Donor-conceived individuals might justifiably feel short-changed by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics' report 'Donor conception: ethical aspects of information sharing'... [Read More] |
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Why we should welcome the conclusions of the Nuffield report on donor conception |
| 29 April 2013 - by |
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From my point of view as a sociologist carrying out research in this field, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics report on donor conception is to be welcomed as a scholarly and balanced contribution to current debates... [Read More] |
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Nuffield report: Parents should decide whether or not to 'tell' |
| 22 April 2013 - by |
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The Nuffield Council report rightly rejects the call to pressurising parents into compliance, as this abstract ideal of openness disallows them to make their own moral judgements about what is best in their situation and for their family... [Read More] |
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| 22 April 2013 - by |
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A podcast produced as part of the When It Takes More Than Two project organised by the Progress Educational Trust... [Read More] |
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The Progress Educational Trust's debate, 'NICE Try… But is anyone listening?', considered the impact of the radical structural changes to the NHS on the state provision of IVF. At least two central critical themes emerged from the debate: a critique of method and a critique of measure... [Read More] |
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| 22 April 2013 - by |
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Tributes to the recently deceased IVF pioneer Professor Sir Robert Edwards continue to pour in from across the globe... [Read More] |
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| 15 April 2013 - by |
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Welcome to the 700th edition of BioNews. The hyperbole we were planning to use to celebrate this landmark no longer seems appropriate given the sad news of the death of Professor Sir Robert Edwards - or just 'Bob', as he was known - on Wednesday.... [Read More] |
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| 15 April 2013 - by |
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Robert Geoffrey Edwards, or 'Bob' as his colleagues and friends knew him, is one of the true giants of the 20th century... [Read More] |
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| 08 April 2013 - by |
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This week's edition of BioNews sees a new Genetics Editor, Siobhan Chan, at the controls.... [Read More] |
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People with Marfan syndrome must be supported in starting families free of the disease |
| 08 April 2013 - by |
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Marfan syndrome is a terrible disease. Families must have access to preimplantation genetic diagnosis to limit the genetic impact on their families in the future... [Read More] |
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New Zealand needs a genuinely pro-choice approach to prenatal screening |
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Being a bioethicist in the Antipodes is becoming a dangerous business these days. Just over a year ago, the publication, by two Australian academics, of a paper exploring the acceptability of 'post-birth abortion' led to media furore, hate mail and even death threats to the authors... [Read More] |
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| 18 March 2013 - by |
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Patents on human genes continue to cause controversy in the academic and popular press. A recent decision in Australia has reaffirmed the patentability of isolated human DNA in that jurisdiction... [Read More] |
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