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ConnecteDNA – the implications of technology on donor conception anonymity

Caroline Redhead headshotLucy Frith headshot By and Filed Under: All posts, Health and Care Posted:

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has recently sought views about reforming the law on fertility treatment regulation and embryo research.  They identified a number of issues with the current legal framework, around which the public consultation was structured. In this article, Dr Caroline Redhead and Dr Lucy Frith examine one such issue, the […]

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Do three-parent babies suggest a future for genetically modified designer children?

Iain Brassington By Filed Under: Health and Social Care, Science and Engineering, Science and Technology Posted:

Yesterday, the UK’s fertility regulator approved a new technique of mitochondrial transfer, which allows babies to be made from two women and one man in order to prevent children being born with serious genetic diseases. Dr Iain Brassington considers some of the potential legal, ethical and practical implications of the decision.     There is a specific legal exemption […]

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