UK to allow research into three-parent embryos
The UK government has decided that it will allow the creation of three-parent embryos to prevent the births of children with mitochondrial diseases. The UK...
Three-parent children in UK possible after HFEA report
The UK is moving closer to three-parent children after the fertility regulator informed the government that the public would back a controversial embryo treatment.The UK...
3-person embryo consultation launched in UK
The UK’s fertility watchdog has launched a public consultation on the ethics of IVF-based techniques designed to avoid serious mitochondrial diseases.The UK’s fertility watchdog has...
UK ethics group backs “three-parent” embryos
A leading UK ethics group has backed the creation of "three-parent" IVF babies to battle rare genetic diseases. The London-based Nuffield Council on Bioethics could...
Children with 3 parents could become a reality
Children with three genetic parents could become reality in the UK. If you are unable to see the YouTube video, please click here. Children with...
UK to consider three-parent IVF
The controversial practice known as “three-parent IVF” has drawn one step closer in the UK with the government’s announcement of public consultation into its acceptability....
UK gears up for three-parent embryos
There’s still life in the UK’s fertility watchdog, even if the present government plans to scrap it. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has...
Boy born from embryo frozen 20 years ago
Oldest-ever birth from frozen embryo An American woman has given birth to a boy who was created in an IVF clinic 20 years ago. This...
Three-parent embryos could prevent genetic disease, say UK scientists
Embryos created free of mitochondrial defects Scientists in England say that they are just three years away from creating three-parent embryos which would be free...
Therapeutic cloning loses its glamour
Bill defeated in Western Australia Is the unstoppable advance of therapeutic cloning in danger of grinding slowly to a halt? This week a bill authorizing...
The difference a measly 0.1% makes
What does 99.9% human really mean?As the public debate in the UK over hybrid embryos nears its climax in a House of Commons debate next...
Artificial wombs will free women from ‘barbaric pregnancies’
It's not here yet, but a Norwegian bioethicist has already constructed a moral argument for ectogenesis, or bringing babies to term in artificial wombs. Writing...