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Fertility in the news

21 May 2013
IVF rule change means end of postcode lottery for Scots couples (STV News, 15 May 2013)

20 May 2013
IVF 'may be boosted by time-lapse embryo imaging' (BBC News Online, 17 May 2013)

20 May 2013
Embryonic stem cells: Advance in medical human cloning (BBC News Online, 15 May 2013)

20 May 2013
Women's reproductive ability may be related to immune system status (EurekAlert, 17 May 2013)

15 May 2013
Asian egg donor shortage in UK 'forcing couples abroad' (BBC News Online, 15 May 2013)

15 May 2013
60 years of data suggest a link between obesity and height in childhood and endometrial cancer in adulthood (Medical News Today, 14 May 2013)

15 May 2013
Slim women have a greater risk of developing endometriosis than obese women (AlphaGalileo, 14 May 2013)

15 May 2013
How IVF became big business (BBC Radio 4, 2 May 2013)

15 May 2013
Turkish womb transplant patient loses baby (Reuters, 14 May 2013)

14 May 2013
Frozen in time: Clarifying laws on IVF embryo use and destruction (Medical Xpress, 13 May 2013)

14 May 2013
Studies generate comprehensive list of genes required by innate system to defend sex cells (EurekAlert, 9 May 2013)

10 May 2013
Mapping the embryonic epigenome (EurekAlert, 9 May 2013)

07 May 2013
Can high-protein, low-carb diet boost fertility treatment? (Medical Xpress, 6 May 2013)

07 May 2013
Desperate for a baby at any cost? (ITV This Morning, 2 May 2013)

30 April 2013
Identification of gene variants affecting fertility offers new treatment possibility (AlphaGalileo, 30 April 2013)

30 April 2013
Adults lack stem cells for making new eggs (AlphaGalileo, 29 April 2013)

25 April 2013
Important fertility mechanism discovered (AlphaGalileo, 24 April 2013)

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Recent Press Releases, Responses and Statements

2013

 
May 2013 British Fertility Society response to the publication of the National Infertility Group Report
Apr 2013 British Fertility Society pays respect on death of IVF ‘founding father’ Professor Sir Robert Edwards, CBE, FRS
Feb 2013 British Fertility Society response to the updated NICE guidance on fertility
Feb 2013 British Fertility Society statement on using known sperm donors
Jan 2013 British Fertility Society comment on Department of Health proposals for the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA)

2012

 
Jun 2012 British Fertility Society response to announcement of the Department of Health consultation on fertility and human tissue regulation
Jun 2012 BFS statement on receiving news of the death of Mrs Lesley Brown
Jun 2012 David Healy
May 2012 British Fertility Society response to the review of the NICE fertility guidelines
Feb 2012 Response to cash reserves built up by the HFEA
Jan 2012 New research predicts miscarriage from foetal growth
Jan 2012 Babies born from frozen embryos are heavier and have longer gestation periods than those from fresh embryos
Jan 2012 Surrogacy does not have a negative effect on the surrogate’s own children

2011

 
Oct 2011 BFS response to study in Human Reproduction on the risk of ovarian tumours following IVF treatment
Sep 2011 BFS response to paper in Nature Communications on in vitro production of fertile sperm from stem cells
Aug 2011 BFS responses study in Nature Communications on predicting the success of fertilisation in mouse eggs
Aug 2011 British Fertility Society response to Cell study on the creation of sperm and birth of live offspring from mouse embryonic stem cells
Jul 2011 British Fertility Society response to the announcement of a new "IVF lottery"
Jun 2011 British Fertility Society response to the report “Holding back the British IVF revolution?”
May 2011 British Fertility Society response to a column arguing that the NHS should not fund IVF treatments
Jan 2011 British Fertility Society response to HFEA launch of public consultation on sperm and egg donation

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