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Dr Jennifer Speirs


BioNews Comment articles written by Dr Jennifer Speirs:


Secrecy and the problems of nostalgia

09 November 2009 - by Dr Jennifer Speirs

Professor Lisa Jardine sounded tired. Contributing to a BBC Radio 4 Analysis programme on 26 October, the chair of the UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) declared that she was 'positively nostalgic' for secrecy and discretion....[Read More]

Why the controversy over intergenerational gamete donation?

01 September 2009 - by Dr Jennifer Speirs

Professor Lisa Jardine, the chair of the UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), has called for a fresh debate on two allegedly controversial aspects of gamete donation, namely the provision of gametes to a known relative of a different generation, and the provision of semen by a man to his sister if she is using a donated egg...[Read More]




 

 

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