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UK Scientists Gain Licence to Edit Genes in Human Embryos

Scientists in London have been granted permission to edit the genomes of human embryos for research, UK fertility regulators announced today. The approval on 1 February by the UK’s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) represents the world’s first endorsement of such research by any national regulatory authority.

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Womb Transplants – is Surrogacy Safer?

The recent news that the Health Research Authority has given approval to a UK charity to conduct a clinical trial for womb transplants is seen as welcome news for women without wombs. Womb Transplant UK, led by Dr Richard Smith, a consultant gynaecologist at the Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital in London, has been given approval to conduct a clinical trial involving ten womb transplants.

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IVF and a Link to Ovarian Cancer: Women Who Need Fertility Treatment are a Third More Likely to Develop the Disease, Reveals Major UK study

 IVF patients are a third more likely to develop ovarian cancer, a landmark UK study suggests.Doctors say the extra risk shows the need for women to be screened for the disease following fertility treatment.   

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Study Suggests Couples Need Better Antenatal Care Following Fertility Treatment

Couples who have successfully conceived following fertility treatment need additional antenatal care and support, new research has found. Two per cent of all births in the UK are a result of fertility treatments such as IVF. An increasing body of evidence suggests the needs of these parents are often not adequately addressed, leaving them feeling abandoned in some cases.