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One in five IVF patients suffered delays due to Covid, study shows

One in five fertility patients had their treatment delayed last year as a result of Covid-19, a poll suggests. A survey of more than 1,200 people receiving fertility care in the UK found that 22% experienced delays in 2021 due to the ongoing impacts ...

19 Apr 2022 at 12:55

Couples could become surrogate baby’s legal parents at birth under new reforms

Couples could become a surrogate child’s legal parents at birth under proposed major reforms to the current decades-old law. The surrogate would be able to withdraw her consent until six weeks after the baby’s birth but by that stage she would have ...

29 Mar 2023 at 00:01

Thousands born by donor eggs or sperm set to find out biological origins

Thousands of young adults born via sperm or egg donation will be able to find out their biological origins in the coming years, according to new figures. Changes to donor anonymity law will mean that most donor-conceived young adults born after a ...

27 Apr 2023 at 00:01

Dramatic rise in the number of women freezing their eggs

There has been a dramatic rise in the number of women freezing their eggs in the UK, while more single people are now opting for IVF, new figures show. A report from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HEFA) found that more people ...

20 Jun 2023 at 00:01

Regulator updates rating system to warn of unproven fertility treatments

Fertility “add-ons” are to be graded in a new system to highlight unproven or unsafe treatments to unsuspecting patients. Hopeful parents are often offered optional extras to their treatment which claim to improve their chances of having a ...

19 Oct 2023 at 09:17

What is mitochondrial donation treatment and who can get it?

News that a baby has been born in the UK using DNA from three people is a testimony to the advancement of science. – What has happened? The fertility regulator the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has confirmed that up ...

10 May 2023 at 11:28

Call for sperm and egg donors to be identifiable after the birth of a child

Children born via sperm or egg donation may not need to wait until their reach adulthood to find out information about their biological parents under proposed changes to the law. At present donor-conceived children cannot obtain ...

28 Feb 2023 at 00:01

People born by donor eggs or sperm will be able to find out biological origins

Dozens of young adults born via sperm or egg donation will be able to find out their biological origins in the coming weeks, with the first just days away from being able to apply to find out more information about their donors,...

19 Sept 2023 at 00:01

Scientists create embryo-like structures from monkey cells

Scientists have created embryo-like structures in the laboratory using cells from monkeys. Under the microscope, these structures looked identical to real early embryos or blastocysts – the ball of cells that usually goes on ...

06 Apr 2023 at 16:00

Second fertility centre linked to faulty egg-freezing solution

A second fertility centre may have used a faulty egg and embryo-freezing solution, the fertility regulator has said. Jessop Fertility, which is based at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has been named as a ...

14 Feb 2024 at 13:34

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Couples could become surrogate baby’s legal parents at birth under new reforms

29 Mar 2023 at 09:23

Fertility regulator calls for changes to donor anonymity laws

The parents of babies conceived from donors should be able to find out their biological origins from birth rather than waiting until they are 18, a regulator has said. It is one of a number of recommendations made by the ...

14 Nov 2023 at 00:01

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