Advances in fertility
Assisted fertility technology is evolving rapidly - the world’s first three-parent baby was born this month and doctors gave the go-ahead for…
Reproductive Health
Next Generation IVF
In some quarters, fertility continues to be seen as a contentious medical issue, which in turn leads some patients to…
The PTSD link with miscarriage
Women who give birth to a healthy baby in the UK are routinely offered a routine six-week follow-up appointment. This…
Stained By A Snowflake
Snowflakes have been described as ‘tiny miracles of beauty’. Wilson Alwyn “Snowflake” Bentley photographed more than 5000 in his lifetime,…
Fertility Breakthroughs
Fertility treatments that are available today would have seemed like science fiction a few years ago. ‘Think how far we…
Confessions of a sperm donor
It doesn’t really surprise me that the UK is facing a major donated sperm shortage and many clinics are relying…
Sperm’s just not what it used to be
Sperm counts in men worldwide have declined by half over the past 50 years and are continuing to fall. ‘It…
Gorilla baby born at Bristol Zoo in ‘rare’ C-section
Last week David Cahill, Professor in Reproductive Medicine and Medical Education at the University of Bristol's School of Clinical Sciences…
Regulating In Vitro Fertilisation – A personal perspective
Baroness Mary Warnock has contributed to public thinking and policy in many ways, most notably the moral implications of the…