Overhaul UK fertility law to keep up with advancements, expert says Exclusive: IVF in UK ‘is the most successful and the safest it has ever been’, says Tim Child The Guardian - UK · May 14, 2023
U.K. sees success in mitochondrial replacement therapy Eight years after the U.K. became the first country in the world to approve a reproductive technique known as mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT), “less than five” children have been born using the procedure. The Hindu · May 13, 2023
Baby with 'three parents' born in the UK after technique was pioneered in Newcastle In 2018 fertility doctors at the Newcastle Fertility Centre at Life were given permission by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) to give two women MRT Chronicle Live · May 10, 2023
What is mitochondrial donation treatment and who is eligible to 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 Evening Standard · May 10, 2023
How was a baby born with three people’s DNA? News that a baby has been born in the UK using DNA from three parents is a testimony to the advancement of science The Independent UK · May 10, 2023
Babies from three people's DNA born in UK for first time The technique is used to prevent disease Wales Online · May 10, 2023
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. The Independent UK · May 10, 2023
Baby born from three people’s DNA in UK first The technique is used to prevent children being born with devastating mitochondrial diseases Evening Standard · May 10, 2023
Baby with DNA from three people born in the UK The scientific technique is designed to prevent children being born with devastating mitochondrial diseases. The Independent UK · May 10, 2023
First baby with DNA from three people born in the UK, fertility regulator says Mitochondrial donation treatment aims to prevent women passing on defective genes and conditions to children. The Independent UK · May 9, 2023
First UK baby with DNA from three people born after new IVF procedure Exclusive: Mitochondrial donation treatment aims to prevent children from inheriting incurable diseases The Guardian - UK · May 9, 2023
Thousands born by donor eggs or sperm set to find out biological origins Changes to the law mean young people will be able to find out information about their donor later this year. The Independent UK · Apr 26, 2023
Donor children could contact biological parents before 18 under new proposals Existing UK fertility law should be updated to regulate modern treatments, says HFEA The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2023
Call for sperm and egg donors to be identifiable after the birth of a child At present children can only find out the identity of their biological parent when they are 18. The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2023
Edinburgh Live · Feb 9, 2023 Loving Edinburgh mum shares her motivation for becoming an NHS egg donor Their identity has to be protected as part of the NHS donation programme. This is to protect the new family and their child from any intrusion as they begin their lives together.
The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2023 Just 4% of men applying to be sperm donors end up donating – study Figures released in November show that more than half of men (52%) newly registered in the UK as sperm donors are from overseas.
Evening Standard · Nov 30, 2022 Number of babies born from donor sperm triples in just over a decade And more than half of donated sperm comes from abroad.
The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2022 Number of babies born from donor sperm triples in just over a decade- regulator And more than half of donated sperm comes from abroad.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 26, 2022 UK fertility watchdog considers laws for gene editing and lab-grown eggs Exclusive: HFEA discussing how to ‘future-proof’ legislation to keep pace with scientific advances
The Conversation · Aug 4, 2022 DNA test kits are changing donor-conceived families A law passed on April 1 2005 will have life-changing consequences for families across the UK from next year.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2022 Widower wins right to have baby using embryo created with his late wife Landmark ruling allows Ted Jennings, 38, to use embryo to have child via a surrogate
The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2022 I agreed to my sperm donor’s anonymity - now I see my daughter has a right to know who she is The law guaranteed lifelong anonymity needs to change, says Dorothy Byrne, president of Murray Edwards College, Cambridge
The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2022 UK fertility watchdog could recommend scrapping donor anonymity law Exclusive: HFEA says rise of genetic testing websites may soon make it impossible to conceal identities
The Independent UK · May 16, 2022 NHS patients faced bigger IVF delays during Covid than those paying privately Some 83% of private and 34% of NHS clinics were approved to resume service by May 15 2020.
The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2022 UK man brings high court case to have dead wife’s baby with surrogate Ted Jennings says his wife, Fern-Marie Choya, would have wanted him to have their baby using embryo frozen during IVF