Rare opportunity to study post-implantation human embryo
A new dataset, combining information on cell position and gene expression from an early human embryo, has been made available as a reference for scientists investigating human development...
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A new dataset, combining information on cell position and gene expression from an early human embryo, has been made available as a reference for scientists investigating human development...
A new 'personalised' treatment for melanoma, based on the same technology behind the COVID-19 vaccines, is now in Phase 3 trials in the UK...
Two UK men are unable to leave Cyprus with their babies born via surrogacy there, due to delays in obtaining passports for their children...
A genetic variant found predominantly in people with South Asian ancestry has been shown to affect the accuracy of a commonly-used type 2 diabetes test...
A Belgian man who donated sperm to a clinical trial in the 1970s discovered his sperm had been used to conceive two children without his permission...
Professor Marcia Inhorn's book dispels stereotypes by focusing on the experiences of 100 women who froze their eggs, writes Dr Zaina Mahmoud...
A young New York couple begin the tech-paved path to parenthood...
Dr Dan Jacobson finds this 'high-minded, critically-polarising, French, visually-stunning-yet-powerfully-moody exploration of human existence' bold, fascinating and more than occasionally unintelligible...
The scope for artificial intelligance to improve our understanding of, and application of, genomics is discussed in this latest G Word Podcast, from Genomics England...
The BBC's decision to focus on the way that private clinics promote egg freezing to prospective customers, highlighted many of the challenges women face…
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All Comment40 Years of Egg Donation and Counting: What Have We Learned? What Happens Next
by Rebecca Robb
PET's first Australia-centric online event celebrated the 40th anniversary of the announcement that a child had been born following egg donation for the first time. The event explored the research that made this possible, and the state of egg donation today...
Vatican's treatment of surrogacy not 'dignified'
by Natalie Sutherland
The Vatican's criticism of surrogacy fails to acknowledge the reality for many surrogates and intended parents, argues Natalie Sutherland...
PET Podcast: Mary Warnock at 100 – The Architect of Embryo Law
by Sarah Norcross
Bringing you PET events as a podcast. In the 17th episode of its podcast, PET marks the 100th birthday of the late Baroness Mary Warnock, with Felix Warnock, Dr Duncan Wilson, Professor Anna Mastroianni, Baroness Ruth Deech and Julia Chain...
Mary Warnock at 100: The Architect of Embryo Law
by Dr Antony Starza-Allen
This PET event marked the 100th birthday of the late Baroness Mary Warnock: described as both a 'philosophical plumber' and 'queen of the quangos' ...
Baroness Mary Warnock's life, work and legacy
by Baroness Ruth Deech
Baroness Ruth Deech marks the 100th birthday of the late Baroness Mary Warnock, speaking at the latest PET event 'Mary Warnock at 100: The Architect of Embryo Law'...