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| Cambodia arrests 11 more surrogates, as Australian nurse released |
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| 19 November 2018 - by Melanie Krause |
| A total of 18 people, including 11 pregnant women, arrested in Cambodia have been charged with offences relating to human trafficking for allegedly engaging in surrogacy for foreign couples... [Read More] |
| Epigenetic approach could detect cancer early |
| 19 November 2018 - by Eleanor Mackle & Jennifer Willows |
| Canadian researchers have published two new studies using machine learning to improve detection and treatment of cancer... [Read More] |
| Genetics study reveals how obesity can cause depression |
| 19 November 2018 - by Eleanor Lynam |
| The largest study of its kind has given evidence to suggest that being overweight can cause depression, primarily due to psychological factors... [Read More] |
| FILM: How Do We Make Genomics Everybody's Business? |
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| 19 November 2018 - by BioNews |
| This film documents the Progress Educational Trust/Genomics England event 'How Do We Make Genomics Everybody's Business?', which formed part of the Genomics Conversation... [Read More] |
| Salvation through legislation? |
| 19 November 2018 - by Dr Raj Mathur |
| Is a proposed bill to the UK parliament to defend the 'welfare of women' undergoing fertility treatment really the right way to address the debate over 'mild' and 'conventional' IVF? I raised my concerns over what I see as an unjustified backlash against conventional IVF in my BioNews commentary last month... [Read More] |
| In defence of the welfare of women |
| 12 November 2018 - by Dr Geeta Nargund, Professor Stuart Campbell, Dr Svend Lindenberg, Dr Pasquale Patrizio, Professor Rene Frydman |
| Over the last ten years, the International Society for Mild Approaches in Assisted Reproduction (ISMAAR) has campaigned worldwide to put the welfare of women at the heart of fertility treatment... [Read More] |
| Film Review: Private Life (Netflix) |
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| 12 November 2018 - by Rachel Siden |
| After watching the trailer for the 2018 Netflix film Private Life, I was expecting a dramatic, yet funny and heartfelt tale about a couple struggling to have a child via assisted reproduction, who eventually discover that the family around them is all they truly needed to be happy... [Read More] |
| TV Review: Inside Out West - 29.10.18 (BBC) |
| 5 November 2018 - by Eleanor Taylor |
| Fertility treatment is big business within the UK. The ever-increasing demand for fertility services combined with the dwindling availability of NHS-funding for fertility treatment has created a booming 'fertility industry'... [Read More] |
| TV Review: The Handmaid's Tale, Season 2 |
| 5 November 2018 - by Annabel Slater |
| The Handmaid's Tale portrays a societal response to infertility taken to the darkest of extremes. After watching the two seasons of it, I am struggling to link it to today's world without getting on my soapbox to protest for women's rights and the importance of a secular state... [Read More] |
