News: Australian couples to have 'saviour siblings'
A woman from Tasmania is 14 weeks pregnant with a baby that could eventually help to save the life of its ill brother.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 15 March 2004
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News: Fertility hope for chemotherapy patients
Scientists in the US have become the first to produce a viable human embryo using an egg collected from ovarian tissue that had been kept in frozen storage.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 14 March 2004
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News: IVF 'is too stressful for many'
Psychological and relationship problems cause many couples to stop having fertility treatment, a study suggests.
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BBC 07 March 2004
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News: Hope for non-invasive pregnancy test
US researchers have developed a new method for testing fetal DNA, which does not involve the use of invasive techniques such as amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling (CVS).
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 07 March 2004
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News: NICE guidance, shame about the implementation
The UK's National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) has recommended that, in line with earlier draft guidance published in August 2003, the National Health Service (NHS) should fund up to three attempts at in vitro fertilisation (IVF) for infertile couples meeting specific criteria.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 27 February 2004
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Article: First the good news, then the bad
Today is not the greatest day for those hoping that they might receive NHS treatment to overcome their inability to have children, nor is it for those who try to provide them with help.
Dr John Mills 25 February 2004
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News: UK government may not follow IVF recommendations
The UK Government is expected to announce that the provision of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment on the National Health Service (NHS) is to be made uniform across the country, but that only one attempt will be allowed per couple.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 15 February 2004
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News: Controversial Italian fertility bill becomes law
The Italian Parliament has given its final approval to a controversial bill governing assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs), said to be the most restrictive in Europe.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 15 February 2004
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News: Fact: smoking damages fertility
A report published by the Board of Science and Education of the British Medical Assosiation (BMA) presents powerful evidence that smoking harms sexual and reproductive health in both men and women.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 15 February 2004
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News: Cloned human embryo stem cell breakthrough
Scientists in South Korea have extracted and grown stem cells from cloned, early human embryos, a breakthrough in 'therapeutic cloning' research. Using a modified version of the technique used to clone Dolly the sheep, the team, based at the Seoul National University, created 30 cloned human embryos.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 12 February 2004
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News: Utah defines ART parentage
A Senate Judiciary Committee in the US state of Utah has approved new legislation that will clarify which people are recognised as the legal parents of children born from assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs).
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 10 February 2004
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News: Monkey sperm grown in mice
A team of scientists from the Universities of Pennsylvania and California, in the US, has created viable monkey sperm in mice, using transplanted testicular tissue.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 10 February 2004
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News: Twins born from oldest frozen embryos
A 39-year old Israeli woman has given birth to twins using frozen embryos created 12 years ago, using in vitro fertilisation (IVF). The birth of the two babies, a boy and girl, apparently marks the longest recorded time that IVF embryos have been stored before being successfully implanted.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 10 February 2004
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News: Supergran surrogacy
A 43-year old grandmother has given birth to her own daughter's IVF twins.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 03 February 2004
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News: Egg donor found for grandmother
Priscilla Eatwell, the 57-year old British grandmother who was in the news last year after advertising for an egg donor, has now found a woman who can help her to have a baby.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 03 February 2004
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News: Man awarded compensation by Boston IVF clinic
A fertility clinic in Boston, US, has been ordered to pay 108 thousand dollars in compensation to a man whose frozen embryos were used without his consent to impregnate his estranged wife.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 03 February 2004
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News: New study probes IVF mouse behaviour
Mice born following the use of assisted reproduction techniques (ARTs) show differences in their behaviour that could be caused by the embryo-culturing process, a new US study suggests.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 03 February 2004
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News: 'Saviour sibling' ruling to be challenged
The UK's House of Lords is to rule on a landmark legal battle over the creation of so-called 'saviour siblings'.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 03 February 2004
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News: Test-tube sperm get new genes
Growing sperm in a test tube may offer a powerful new way to genetically modify animals and potentially correct human genetic diseases before conception.
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New Scientist 27 January 2004
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Article: Donor anonymity and rights
The announcement that the government intends to remove anonymity from sperm, egg and embryo donors was framed in terms of rights: the child's right to information about her genetic origins should, it was argued, take priority over the donor's right to privacy.
Emily Jackson, senior lecturer in Law at the London School of Economics 27 January 2004
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News: New South Wales to 'shake up' fertility laws
The state of New South Wales in Australia has also proposed to remove the anonymity of sperm and egg donors, as part of a 'major shake-up' of its legislation on assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs).
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 27 January 2004
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News: Call to offer amniocentesis to all women
Accurate prenatal tests for Down syndrome and other chromosome disorders should be made available to all pregnant women, not just those over 35, according to a new US study.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 27 January 2004
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News: HFE Act to be fully reviewed
Public health minister, Melanie Johnson MP, has announced at the annual conference of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) that the UK government's Department of Health is to fully review the country's fertility and embryology legislation.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 25 January 2004
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News: 'Need for a father' provision should be dropped
Suzi Leather, chair of the UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), has stated in an interview with a national newspaper that the law requiring fertility clinics to consider a child's 'need for a father' before offering treatment is 'nonsense'.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 24 January 2004
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News: Study links IVF to birth problems
Babies born following fertility treatment are more likely to be premature and to have a lower birth weight than those conceived naturally, according to a group of Dutch and Australian researchers.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 24 January 2004
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