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News: Canadian MPs finally vote on ART legislation Having stumbled in its passage through parliament earlier this month, Canada's long awaited legislation on assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) and related matters has finally been passed by the Canadian House of Commons. Dr. Kirsty Horsey 02 November 2003

News: Woman to appeal on frozen embryo decision Having stumbled in its passage through parliament earlier this month, Canada's long awaited legislation on assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) and related matters has finally been passed by the Canadian House of Commons. Dr. Kirsty Horsey 02 November 2003

News: Woman to appeal on frozen embryo decision Having stumbled in its passage through parliament earlier this month, Canada's long awaited legislation on assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) and related matters has finally been passed by the Canadian House of Commons. Dr. Kirsty Horsey 02 November 2003

Article: Do the UK embryology laws need updating? Concerned about a number of recent legal challenges to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (HFE) Act 1990, the committee feels that the legislation is getting quickly out of date and needs to be updated to take account of new developments in reproductive and genetic science. Dr. Kirsty Horsey 29 October 2003

News: Spain changes embryo laws Following its initial approval in July 2003, the Spanish government has ruled that research will be allowed to take place on frozen-thawed human embryos, as long as they are donated for research purposes after being left over from fertility treatments. Dr. Kirsty Horsey 28 October 2003

News: Explaining mammal egg errors As many as a fifth of a woman's eggs are genetically scrambled - but it's not because they can't check their chromosomes, say a team of UK and French scientists. Dr. Kirsty Horsey 28 October 2003

News: Human Fertilisation Act under scrutiny The Science and Technology Committee of the UK House of Commons is to look at whether the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act of 1990 is still working effectively. Dr. Kirsty Horsey 28 October 2003

News: Boost for gene screening of embryos Hundreds of cells have been grown from a single cell taken from an early mouse embryo. If the same feat can be repeated in humans, it would make screening embryos for genetic defects during IVF much easier and more accurate. NewScientist 23 October 2003

Article: Reporters should put new research in context Just like the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) annual meeting this summer, last week's American equivalent, held in San Antonio, Texas, attracted a rash of media coverage. Juliet Tizzard 23 October 2003

News: UK considers bulk sperm imports The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority is considering the option as a way to address a severe shortage of sperm donors in the UK. [ Visit Website ] BBC 21 October 2003

News: Obesity breaks up sperm DNA Overweight men have reduced fertility due to increased fragmentation of DNA in their sperm, suggests a new US study. [ Visit Website ] New Scientist 12 September 2003

News: IVF multiples 'strain marriages' Some women who end up with twins, triplets or more after IVF say they regret ever going for treatment, say US researchers. [ Visit Website ] BBC 16 October 2003

News: Do ovary transplants allow us to cheat nature? By the end of this decade, one in 250 people will be survivors of a childhood cancer. And there is a good chance that the treatment that saved them from cancer will have impaired their ability to have children later in life. Juliet Tizzard 16 October 2003

News: No more research on 'three-parent embryos' ? Researchers from Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangzhou, China have succeeded in creating a pregnancy using an embryo containing the genetic material of three different people. Dr. Kirsty Horsey 16 October 2003

News: Embryo freezing: more safety concerns Scientists in the United States claim that they have established a link between the use of frozen embryos during in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment and ectopic pregnancies. Dr. Kirsty Horsey 16 October 2003

News: Canada's ART bill in trouble again Canada's long awaited legislation on human reproduction and related matters hit further obstacles last week. Dr. Kirsty Horsey 16 October 2003

News: Voluntary register for donor offspring A voluntary register to enable people conceived using donated eggs, sperm or embryos to contact their donors and biological half-siblings is to be launched in the UK. The registry, called UK DonorLink, will be piloted early next year, and will be available to anyone over the age of 18. Dr. Kirsty Horsey 16 October 2003

News: Monkey born following ovary transplant US scientists have carried out the world's first successful ovary tissue transplant in a primate, and have used one of the resulting eggs to produce a healthy IVF baby monkey. Dr. Kirsty Horsey 16 October 2003

Article: The case against sex selection Sex selection is the exercise of sexism at the most profound level, choosing who gets born, and which types of lives are preferred. Dr David King, director of Human Genetics Alert 13 October 2003

Article: Three cases show parenthood rules need revising While one might have sympathy for Natallie Evans and Lorraine Hadley because the UK's High Court has ruled they cannot use the embryos they have in frozen storage, it is hard to criticise the legal decision in this case. Dr Kirsty Horsey 07 September 2003

News: Woman in frozen embryos ruling may seek to donate them Last week, the High Court ruled against two women seeking to use their frozen embryos against their ex-partners' wishes. Dr Kirsty Horsey 07 October 2003

News: Court rules that embryos cannot be used without consent The UK High Court has ruled that Natallie Evans and Lorraine Hadley cannot use their stored frozen embryos without the consent of their former partners. Dr Kirsty Horsey 01 October 2003

News: Sex selection would not alter gender ratio A new study has shown that if sex selection for non-medical reasons was allowed in either the UK or Germany, gender ratios in those countries would not become imbalanced. Dr Kirsty Horsey 25 September 2003

News: Ban cloning babies, demand world's top scientists Cloning babies should be banned worldwide by the United Nations, more than 60 of the world's leading scientific academies demanded on Monday. [ Visit Website ] New Scientist 24 September 2003

Article: Posthumous fathers and the law This week the law in the UK has been changed to allow the name of men who have died before their child was conceived to appear on that child's birth certificate. Juliet Tizzard 24 September 2003