News: Winston warns: IVF risks unknown
British fertility specialist Professor Lord Robert Winston has warned that more research into some fertility techniques associated with IVF needs to take place, in order to ensure the safety of patients and their children.
Dr Kirsty Horsey 11 September 2003
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Article: Antenatal screening for Fragile X: time to proceed?
This week, a small team of experts recommended the establishment of a national antenatal screening programme for Fragile X syndrome.
Juliet Tizzard 11 September 2003
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News: Statistics show majority of ART in US is in five states
A study undertaken by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that almost half of all assisted reproductive technology (ART) procedures performed in the US take place in just five states.
Dr Kirsty Horsey 11 September 2003
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News: Free IVF for most UK couples?
The UK's National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has published the second draft of its proposed guidelines for infertility treatment provided by the National Health Service (NHS).
Dr Kirsty Horsey 30 August 2003
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News: IVF error discovered after 13 years
A UK newspaper has reported that a 13-year old boy has grown up thinking the wrong man was his father after an IVF mix-up.
Dr Kirsty Horsey 22 August 2003
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News: Internet sperm agency announces its first birth
The London-based 'ManNotIncluded' website has announced its first baby success this week. A baby boy was born to a married couple in the UK as a result of sperm obtained via the web-based 'introduction agency', which acts as a go-between for couples or individuals wishing to obtain fresh sperm for home self-insemination.
Dr Kirsty Horsey 22 August 2003
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News: Genetic screening of newborns unlikely
Baroness Helena Kennedy, chair of the UK's Human Genetics Commission (HGC) has said in an interview with the UK's Financial Times that the HGC is likely to reject proposals to genetically screen all newborn babies.
Dr Kirsty Horsey 22 August 2003
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News: Gay couple to be fathers again
Barrie and Tony Drewitt-Barlow, the millionaire gay couple who had twins in 1999 using an egg donor, IVF and a surrogate mother from the US, have announced the birth of their third child, born a week ago
Dr Kirsty Horsey 22 August 2003
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News: New egg freezing technique
ViaCell, a biotechnology company based in Boston, US, has announced that it is developing a procedure to enable women to freeze their eggs for later use.
Kirsty Horsey 20 August 2003
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News: UK human embryonic stem cell first
Human embryonic stem cells have been grown in the UK for the first time, a team at King's College London announced on Wednesday.
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BBC 13 August 2003
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Article: IVF on the NHS?
This weekend, the Daily Mail newspaper broke a story that a British government agency is considering a proposal to offer six IVF cycles to women under 40 years of age on the National Health Service (NHS).
Juliet Tizzard 13 August 2003
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News: Draft IVF guidelines spark debate
Draft guidelines aimed at standardising the government-funded provision of fertility treatment in the UK triggered media speculation last week. The first version of the recommendations being developed by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) suggest offering up to six IVF attempts to women under forty.
Dr Kirsty Horsey 13 August 2003
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News: 'More IVF' on the NHS
Infertile women under the age of 40 could be offered free IVF treatment on the NHS under new government proposals.
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BBC 11 August 2003
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News: Chlamydia link to infertility
The UK's Family Planning Association (FPA) has launched a new campaign aiming to make the government introduce a national opportunistic chlamydia screening programme. The FPA also hopes to raise public awareness of chlamydia, which is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the UK.
Dr Kirsty Horsey 10 August 2003
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News: Sperm defects in older men
New research has added to the growing body of evidence that children fathered by older men may face some physical health problems.
Dr Kirsty Horsey 10 August 2003
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Article: IVF: much to celebrate
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Juliet Tizzard 01 August 2003
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News: Happy birthday IVF!
A party was held at Bourn Hall Clinic in Cambridge, UK, this weekend, to celebrate the 25th birthday of Louise Brown, the world's first baby born from in vitro fertilisation (IVF) in July, 1978.
Dr Kirsty Horsey 29 July 2003
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News: IVF celebrates 25 years
The world's first "test tube baby" is to attend a party for her 25th birthday at a Cambridgeshire clinic.
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BBC 26 July 2003
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News: Scientist predicts solution to infertility
Most infertility problems could be eradicated in ten years, according to Alan Trounson, from the Monash Institute of Reproduction and Development, in Victoria, Australia.
Dr Kirsty Horsey 25 July 2003
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News: Edwards: The IVF pioneer
IVF pioneer Professor Robert Edwards recalls his emotions at the birth of Louise Brown 25 years ago.
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BBC 25 July 2003
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News: Can we police a test tube future?
Experts in the fertility field tell BBC News Online about the ethical challenges and pitfalls that science will present to fertility doctors.
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BBC 25 July 2003
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News: 'Vast' public support for IVF
The majority of people think IVF should be freely available on the NHS to anyone who needs it, says a new survey.
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BBC 25 July 2003
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News: Is the law still coping after 25 years of IVF?
This Friday sees the 25th anniversary of the birth of the world's first IVF baby, Louise Brown. In that period, many developments have been made in terms of IVF and related research - particularly into 'spin-offs' of the IVF procedure such as cloning, embryo stem cell research and embryo screening.
Dr Kirsty Horsey 24 July 2003
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News: Egg giving schemes under review
The UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has announced that it has started a review of the practice of 'egg giving'.
Dr Kirsty Horsey 24 July 2003
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News: 'Saviour sibling' is a perfect tissue match
This week sees more good news for Michelle and Jayson Whitaker, the British couple who were refused permission by the UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) to use embryo screening (PGD) to provide a bone marrow donor for their sick son.
Dr Kirsty Horsey 24 July 2003
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