In a recent scientific breakthrough at Newcastle University, doctors have found a way to replace faulty DNA inherited through the female line with DNA from another healthy woman. So does this mean a child conceived that way has two mums? Mitochondrial cells convert the energy from our food into energy that can be used in …
Tag Archive: donor-conceived
Feb
06
Sep
12
Review: Donor mum, the children I never met
by Dr Ruth Curson, Trustee The “Donor Mum” documentary was a well worked out and informative television programme. It was also warm and touching. It explained that donors before 1991 were not registered so that the offspring could not trace the donor. It explained that recipients were advised by clinics not to tell their children …
Aug
15
Tell early, talk often
By Kriss Fearon The message of a new study on donor-conceived people reported in Human Reproduction is that donor-conceived people prefer to be told while they are young, and to be given the freedom to express curiosity about their donor. This is the largest survey to date of people conceived through donor insemination, with over …
Jun
13
Being donor conceived: Allegra tells her story
This is an interview with a US teenager, Allegra, whose mother had two miscarriages before conceiving her with donor eggs. Allegra She talks about her experience of being donor conceived, her relationship with her parents and how she feels about her donor. I’m very proud to speak about it – I’m never ashamed of it.