Fertility News Links

New England international Kevin Brown commits his future to Huddersfield Giants until the end of 2015. 14 June 2010, 9:29 am

Clair Victory thought endometriosis had robbed her of the chance to have a longed for second child, but after surgery she conceived naturally and is expecting her new baby in September. 14 May 2010, 11:35 pm

A mother of two dies from a rare form of glandular cancer two weeks after winning her fight to have the drug Sunitinib paid for by the NHS. 11 May 2010, 6:50 pm

A cancer patient who was refused the drug Sunitinib wins her appeal against the decision by NHS West Kent. 29 April 2010, 9:08 am

Childless couples in Essex and Suffolk are to be offered fertility treatment at a new centre based in Colchester. 26 April 2010, 11:52 am

The number of mistakes made at IVF clinics in England and Wales nearly doubled in 12 months, figures show. 25 April 2010, 5:03 am

In this week's Scrubbing Up, Professor Bill Ledger says fertility drugs are being used too liberally, putting women and children at risk. 21 April 2010, 3:18 pm

In this week's Scrubbing Up, Professor Bill Ledger says fertility drugs are being used too liberally, putting women and children at risk. 21 April 2010, 5:01 am

Cash incentives and the payment of funeral costs are among proposals to encourage people to donate organs, eggs and sperm. 20 April 2010, 1:12 am

UK scientists create embryos containing DNA from a man and two women in controversial work aimed at preventing inherited diseases. 14 April 2010, 5:00 pm

Comedy couple Dawn French and Lenny Henry's 25-year marriage seemed one of the strongest in show business. 7 April 2010, 2:55 am

Head teachers are urging the government to take immediate action after a legal drug was linked to the deaths of two teenagers. And nearly 30,000 hospital beds in England should be axed to save money and improve care, a think tank says. 17 March 2010, 7:30 am

There is no evidence acupuncture or Chinese herbal medicine boost the chance of IVF success, fertility experts warn. 10 March 2010, 12:17 am

Lauren Roberts is only 23, but fears she might never become a mother. 27 February 2010, 12:01 am

As access to the internet becomes more accessible, more people are using it to self-diagnose. Your comments about so-called 'cyberchondriacs'. 24 February 2010, 4:49 pm

A mother has given birth to a second child after a pioneering ovarian transplant operation. 24 February 2010, 4:48 pm

Reproductive techniques: Your comments on this weeks scrubbing up 10 February 2010, 11:32 am

Science offers many hopes to would-be families anxious to start a family. But in this week's Scrubbing Up, a leading expert warns age is still the critical factor in achieving that dream. 10 February 2010, 12:04 am

I thought I was past the point in life where I would fall pregnant naturally" 9 February 2010, 6:00 pm

A mechanism which starts sperm swimming near the egg could lead to new forms of male contraception, say scientists. 5 February 2010, 12:08 am

Key facts, figures and dates 22 July 2010, 2:39 pm

Key facts, figures and dates 21 July 2010, 11:02 am

With the world's food security facing a looming "perfect storm", GM food crops need to be part of the solution. 19 July 2010, 5:28 pm

Ian Poulter wants the Old Course to remain unchanged after ending his Open week on three over par. 18 July 2010, 1:30 pm

The BBC News Website examines the Israeli restrictions on Gaza that aid agencies say have brought conditions in the Strip to their worst in decades. 6 July 2010, 9:52 am

Using "good old-fashioned" farming techniques will help deliver a sustainable green revolution in Africa. 29 June 2010, 2:24 pm

Key facts, figures and dates 24 June 2010, 2:38 pm

Clickable guide to the countries waiting in the wings to join the European Union club. 24 June 2010, 11:59 am

Faisal Shahzad, a 30-year-old Pakistan-born US citizen, has admitted trying to detonate a car bomb in New York's Times Square. 22 June 2010, 12:10 am

Key facts, dates and events 9 June 2010, 1:34 pm

It is time for International Whaling Commission members to end two decades of deadlock and reach a shared vision on conservation. 7 June 2010, 5:27 pm

Key facts, figures and dates 7 June 2010, 9:47 am

Former casualty star Rebekah Gibbs talks about her breast cancer battle two years after her shock diagnosis. 1 June 2010, 2:24 am

Key facts, figures and dates 29 May 2010, 2:33 pm

Key facts, figures and dates 27 May 2010, 2:57 pm

A chronology of key events 27 May 2010, 10:34 am

In this week's Scrubbing Up, bioethicist Stephen Wilkinson argues that people should be allowed to make a choice on the sex of their baby. 26 May 2010, 12:25 pm

Elver fishermen in Gloucestershire report an unexpectedly good season after a gradual decline in stocks. 25 May 2010, 11:08 am

The surviving five babies of sextuplets born last week are in a stable condition and doing well, a family spokeswoman says. 22 May 2010, 7:16 pm

One of the sextuplets - a boy - born to a woman at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital dies. 21 May 2010, 7:04 pm

The UK's fertility watchdog, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), could be split up as the Government's 'bonfire of the quangos' continues.... 26 July 2010, 4:01 pm

Children born following IVF are more likely to develop childhood cancers than children conceived naturally, according to a new study. The cancers were mainly those of the blood. This risk does, however, appear to be small and may result from specific postnatal factors... 26 July 2010, 3:09 pm

A mathematical model for predicting a couple's chances of a successful pregnancy by IVF after one failed attempt has been developed by US researchers. The model is 1000 times more accurate at predicting a positive outcome than standard methods for predicting future IVF success, which are mainly based on a... 26 July 2010, 3:01 pm

The provincial government of Quebec is fulfilling its promise, as free IVF (in vitro fertilisation) treatment will become available on 5 August 2010. Prospective patients are already lining up to register for the program, but specialists warn the government's plan is premature and ill thought-out.... 26 July 2010, 11:57 am

'Cutting Edge goes behind the headlines to intimately portray how gay millionaires Tony and Barrie Drewitt-Barlow's determination to have more children has affected them and their kids' said the teaser on the Channel 4 website. If I hadn't known this programme involved surrogacy, I would have dismissed it as yet... 26 July 2010, 11:23 am

A black Nigerian couple have given birth to a white baby. With blonde curly hair and blue eyes, the girl's appearance has prompted several theories as to its genetic cause. Ben and Angela Ihegboro already have a son and a daughter, both with dark skin and hair. Mrs Ihegboro described... 26 July 2010, 11:07 am

At the beginning of this month, following the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) annual meeting in Rome, a workshop was held to celebrate 20 years of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD)... 23 July 2010, 4:34 pm

On 9 July 2010 we published a commentary written by Eric Blyth, Professor of Social Work at the University of Huddersfield, UK and Visiting Professor in the Department of Applied Social Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Wendy Kramer, co-founder of the US Donor Sibling Registry. The commentary was about... 20 July 2010, 5:16 pm

The 'My Daddy's Name Is Donor' report is co-authored by Elizabeth Marquardt, director of the Institute for American Values (IAV)'s Center for Marriage and Families, who produced IAV's previous report highly critical of donor conception (1), Norval D. Glenn, of the University of Texas at Austin, and Karen Clark, of... 20 July 2010, 5:13 pm

UK hospitals could expand their private fertility services if radical NHS reforms go ahead, the BBC reports. The overhaul would allow leading foundation trusts - self-governing hospitals - to compete with the private sector... 19 July 2010, 6:22 pm

A gene crucial for sperm production in humans is also needed to make sperm in many other animals including mice, sea urchins, flies and worms, scientists in Chicago, US, have discovered... 19 July 2010, 6:18 pm

Middle-aged people without Alzheimer's disease who have a 'high risk' variant of the TOMM40 gene are more likely to have poorer memory, new research findings suggest... 19 July 2010, 6:06 pm

The largest study to link cancer cells' genetics with their sensitivity to treatment published its first results on the 15 July... 19 July 2010, 5:03 pm

US and Japanese researchers have converted white blood cells (WBC) into stem cells... 19 July 2010, 3:01 pm

Women given acupuncture during IVF treatment are no more likely to become pregnant than their counterparts who undergo needle stimulation to body areas not used in acupuncture, a US study has shown... 19 July 2010, 1:38 pm

A woman has placed an advert in a local newspaper in a bid to find an egg donor. Diane Smith, 44, who is currently waiting to begin IVF treatment at the CARE Fertility Clinic in Northampton, placed an advert which read, 'We have been trying for a family for a... 19 July 2010, 1:20 pm

The fertility doctor who helped 'Octomum' Nayda Suleman conceive octuplets transferred seven embryos to another woman, according to the Medical Board of California... 19 July 2010, 1:16 pm

Imagine singing a piece of your DNA. 'A', 'C' and 'G'- the first three letters of your genetic code - are easy because they have corresponding musical notes. The fourth letter, 'T', looks harder, but you can use 'ti' on the musical scale. Think 'tea' in the song 'Doe a... 19 July 2010, 11:51 am

The UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) held its open Authority meeting on Wednesday 7 July. The meeting discussed general advances in its work, received feedback from the Hampton Working Group and considered the data of compliance with multiple birth rate targets. The most pertinent and interesting presentation focused... 19 July 2010, 11:26 am

Before Dr Julian Huppert was elected MP for Cambridge in May this year, he was a computational biologist at Cambridge University studying the structure and function of DNA. Now, he's one of only two scientists with PhDs in parliament. BioNews quizzed him about science funding, synthetic biology and the shortage... 12 July 2010, 5:46 pm