BioNews, published by the Progress Educational Trust (PET) - a registered charity (number 1139856) whose Patron is Baroness Mary Warnock - provides accurate, balanced and timely news and comment on genetics, assisted conception, embryo/stem cell research and related areas. The website has an RSS feed and Twitter feed, and you can subscribe to the BioNews email newsletter for free.
| Liverpool fertility clinic imports sperm after fall in donors |
| 13 May 2013 - by |
| A Liverpool fertility clinic has been forced to import sperm from Manchester and London after a significant fall in local donations... [Read More] |
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| Australian IVF doctor not liable for failing to warn about the risk of a hereditary condition |
| 13 May 2013 - by |
| The parents of a child born with a rare blood clotting disorder have lost their legal battle against an IVF doctor for wrongful birth after he failed to warn them of the risks of passing on the hereditary condition... [Read More] |
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| Birthmark gene find offers hope for rare neurological condition |
| 13 May 2013 - by |
| A genetic mutation responsible for both Sturge-Weber syndrome, a rare neurological disorder, and 'port-wine stain' birthmarks, has been identified... [Read More] |
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| NICE Try...But Is Anyone Listening? |
| 14 May 2013 - by |
| 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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| Enough of Nuffield – let's stop sidelining donors |
| 13 May 2013 - by |
| 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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| What you think about donor conception |
| 13 May 2013 - by |
| 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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| Event Review: Heart Genetics - Predicting the Future? |
| 13 May 2013 - by |
| I'd not been to a Cafe Scientifique event before and was a little unsure of what to expect. The Royal Brompton coffee shop setting did at first feel strange; I'm more used to discussions in lecture theatres where there is a clear distinction between audience and speaker... [Read More] |
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| Book Review: Reproductive Technologies as Global Form - Ethnographies of Knowledge, Practices and Transnational Encounters |
| 07 May 2013 - by |
| Reading 'Reproductive technologies as global form' provides insights into what ethnographers find out about 'national IVF-cultures' during their fieldwork, but it also invites us to engage with theoretical considerations of an academic discipline... [Read More] |
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| Film Review: 2012 International Science and Engineering Visualisation Challenge |
| 29 April 2013 - by |
| Visually gripping and engaging new methods are increasingly used to convey scientific principles and developments to the public. The journal Science and the National Science Foundation annually hold an international competition to recognise the best examples of projects that bring scientific information to life.... [Read More] |
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