IVF News & Jobs

03 December 2018 by Rachel Siden

Authorities in China are moving to suspend the research activities of the scientists who claim to have modified the genomes of twin girls with CRISPR/Cas9.

03 December 2018 by Jennifer Willows

A new paper documents three unrelated families where paternal mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is present in offspring.

03 December 2018 by Georgia Everett

Men who smoked while their partners were pregnant have sons with lower sperm counts, according to a study in Sweden.

30 November 2018 by Chennai Fertility Center and Research Institute

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29 November 2018 by Helen O’Neill, MSc PhD & Jacques Cohen, PhD

Just hours away from the opening of the Second International Summit on Genome Editing in Hong Kong, and following a report in Technology Review, the Associated Press reported that a Chinese researcher, Dr Jiankui He was claiming to have performed genome editing in human embryos resulting in the birth of twin girls this month. Dr. He maintains that he transferred embryos that had been edited to inactivate a gene called CCR5, which, in its active state, forms a protein that allows HIV to enter a cell. The babies are reportedly healthy, but information is scattered and inconsistent, with no formal peer review verification or data accompanying the claims. [Visit Site]

29 November 2018 by Dr Dusko Ilic

Today, shortly before the start of an international conference on genome editing in Hong Kong, Dr He revealed to the Associated Press that his team edited the genome of human embryos resulting in the birth of two babies.

29 November 2018 by Shaoni Bhattacharya

The first births from genome edited human embryos have been announced by a Chinese researcher amid widespread condemnation, and fears over safety.

29 November 2018 by Lone Hørlyck

Experts have strongly criticised a claim that embryos lost during a storage tank failure at a fertility clinic were 'people'.

23 November 2018 by CooperSurgical Fertility and Genomic Solutions

CooperSurgical, Inc. announce the launch of the CooperGenomicsSM PGTaiSM technology platform and ERPeakSM endometrial receptivity test

19 November 2018 by Rikita Patel

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has signed a consensus statement calling for private IVF clinics to stop charging patients costly optional add-on treatments that are not proven to work.