Announcement: NIH sponsored research on oocyte quality
NIH sponsored research award on comparison of monkey/human oocyte quality
Dr. Carol Brenner 26 March 2005
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Announcement: 1st International IVI Congress? - Reproductive and Maternal Fetal Medicine
Valencia Conference Centre the 27, 28 and 29 of April 2005
Ana Dipierri 18 March 2005
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News: UK committee to recommend social sex selection?
The UK's House of Commons Science and Technology Committee (STC) is to recommend that couples should be allowed to use sex selection to achieve the families they desire, and that rules on the creation of 'designer babies' should be eased.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 16 March 2005
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News: Protein found in sperm that enables fertilisation
Japanese scientists have discovered a protein in mouse sperm that is necessary for the fertilisation of eggs.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 16 March 2005
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News: European Parliament calls for egg trade ban
The European Parliament (EP) adopted a resolution last week that calls for a ban on trade in human egg cells and for egg donation procedures to be more strictly regulated.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 16 March 2005
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News: IVF and ICSI children grow up healthy
Children conceived using IVF and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) techniques have the same intellectual and movement abilities as naturally conceived children, a new European study shows.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 11 March 2005
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News: House of Lords deciding on 'saviour siblings'
The UK's House of Lords is being asked to decide whether a decision taken by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), which allowed the Hashmi family to try to create a 'saviour sibling', was wrong.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 11 March 2005
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News: IVF twins in demand
According to the UK's Sunday Times newspaper, a high proportion of couples seeking fertility treatments ask the clinic to help them have twins, rather than have one baby at a time. The Sunday Times describes this as producing 'an instant family with just one pregnancy'.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 06 March 2005
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News: Wales proposes strict social guidelines for IVF
Proposed guidelines from the Welsh Assembly Government, put forward for consultation until 14 March, would rule out IVF treatment on the National Health Service (NHS) for couples if one partner already has a child.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 06 March 2005
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News: Utah legalises surrogacy, with conditions
The US state of Utah has passed a bill (SB14) that will legalise some surrogacy arrangements in the state. The bill originally passed through the state's Senate last month.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 06 March 2005
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News: 6th Royan international Research Award & Congress (Reproductive Biomedicine)
6th Royan international Research Award & Congress (Reproductive Biomedicine)
Tehran ? IRAN
September 7-9 2005
Kamal Alizadeh / Award Secretariat 24 February 2005
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News: Serono Symposia International - Advancing the ART of Human Reproduction: Physiology and Technology
Physiology and Technology
May 12-15, 2005
Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Jennifer Gardella, Serono Symposia International 22 February 2005
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News: Natallie Evans will take her case to Europe
Natallie Evans, a British woman seeking the right to be able to use her own frozen IVF embryos, is taking her case to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 22 February 2005
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News: WiCell adds training sessions
WiCell Research Institute, Madison, Wisconsin, announces two additional Spring sessions of its "Introduction to Human Embryonic Stem Cell Culture Methods" course.
Lynn A. Schmidt, Administrative Projects Specialist, WiCell Research Institute 16 February 2005
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News: Bush pledges 'culture of life' on ES cell research
In his State of the Union speech last week, US President George Bush expressed his support for the advancement of science, but made a pledge to support a 'culture of life', calling for a ban on the creation of embryos for research purposes.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 12 February 2005
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News: US couple to sue for 'wrongful death' of embryo
A court in Illinois, US, has ruled that a couple can take a 'wrongful death' action over an IVF embryo that was accidentally discarded at a fertility clinic.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 12 February 2005
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News: Legal battle over dead surrogate's baby
The mother of a UK woman who died giving birth to another couple's child has said she intends to fight for custody of the baby.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 12 February 2005
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News: UK MPs call on health service to provide fertility treatment to all
Members of the UK parliament have called upon the government to make fertility treatment available on the National Health Service (NHS) to all couples in England and Wales with a proven need, regardless of where they live.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 12 February 2005
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News: Sperm donation studies show move towards openness?
Two studies, both published in the journal Human Reproduction, show that attitudes in society are tending towards more openness about sperm donation. Both studies looked at the attitudes of couples who used donors about how much information they believed a donor-conceived child should have about their background.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 12 February 2005
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News: Potential donors urged to 'give life, give hope' in the UK
The UK's Department of Health (DH) has today launched a new national campaign aimed at increasing public awareness about the need for egg and sperm donation, and encouraging potential egg and sperm donors to come forward.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 12 February 2005
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Announcement: Frontiers in Reproductive Endocrinology
This course is designed to provide the latest information on the mechanism, diagnosis and treatment of a broad range of reproductive endocrine disorders. Emphasis will be placed on the scope and limitations of different diagnostic interventions and the use of evidence-based medicine in deciphering infertility problems.
Interactive and problem-solving sessions may be of particular value to registrants who are preparing for board certification.
Scientific Chair: Paul McDonough, MD 04 February 2005
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News: Embryo tested for rhesus blood group
Australian doctors have used preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) to ensure that a baby shared a rhesus negative blood group with its mother.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 22 January 2005
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News: Italy's fertility laws face referendum
Italy's highest court has approved a series of referendums on whether parts of its controversial new fertility law should be overhauled. However, the constitutional court rejected calls for a referendum on completely scrapping the law, instead allowing a public vote on some of its elements.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 18 January 2005
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News: Australian politicians asked for sperm
An Australian fertility clinic has written to 25 male politicians asking them to donate sperm. Monash IVF clinic in Melbourne, Victoria, has asked all male MPs under the age of 45 if they have 'ever thought of becoming sperm donors'.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 18 January 2005
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News: HFEA launches welfare of the child consultation
The UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has launched a public consultation on the welfare of children conceived using assisted conception techniques.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 13 January 2005
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