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: research
Feb
06
Jan
23
Sperm donors redundant?
Scientists have created artificial mouse sperm in the lab, in a breakthrough which means in five years infertile men may no longer need a sperm donor. Researchers grew viable sperm in a petrie dish using mouse germ cells, which are found in testicles and are responsible for sperm production. For the first time the sperm …
Dec
12
Donor satisfaction survey – what sperm donors want
Early results of the NGDT’s Donor Satisfaction Survey are out, so here’s what sperm donors think would improve their donation experience. More information on the families helped Most sperm donors were interested to know the number of pregnancies that had resulted from their donation and the number of families they had helped. Donors aren’t paid …
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 …
Feb
07
Let’s talk about sex… and fertility
Anyone who keeps an eye on fertility news will notice the regular scare stories about how ‘women’ are having children later and later and how this is increasing the demand for fertility services. A recent NHS review takes a more positive approach to the challenge of age-related infertility. The review highlights the problems that both …