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The Department of Health and Social Care has received a set of recommendations from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) for changes to the HFE Act, which governs fertility treatments and embryo research in the UK.

Ranveig Svenning Berg explores the topic of surrogacy in the UK, following proposals published in March, for reforms to the current laws.

It has been reported in the media that a small number of babies have been born in the UK following the use of mitochondrial DNA transfer techniques.

The Law Commission of England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission have published their joint proposals for a new law and system to govern surrogacy in the UK.

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics’ new policy briefing suggests that an update to the current law on surrogacy in the UK is needed to help provide better support and protection to surrogates, surrogate children, and their families.

The Australian Senate have passed a Bill, known as ‘Maeve’s law’, that will make it legal for those at risk of passing on a severe mitochondrial disorder to their offspring to avoid this outcome by the use of assisted reproductive techniques known as ‘mitochondrial donation’.

The Government’s new policy would offer people the option of keeping or disposing of their eggs at 10-year intervals, for a maximum storage period of 55 years.

A lack of clear, accessible, and transparent data creates a series of ethical issues for egg freezing, according to a new briefing note from the Nuffield Council on Bioethics.

A debate takes place in the House of Lords today recognising 2018 as the 40th anniversary of the bir…

An independent inquiry by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics has concluded that editing the DNA of a …

Convergence is a word that has featured prominently in discussions around science and innovation in …