Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Data from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) shows that nearly 21,000 babies were born via IVF last year, a ...

"The decision on how the HFEA should approach the licensing of human - animal hybrids and chimera research has presented a particular challenge as this research is so novel in legal, scientific and ...

Exclusive: HFEA discussing how to ‘future-proof’ legislation to keep pace with scientific advances Human genome editing and lab-grown eggs that could theoretically allow same-sex couples to have ...

Folding discrete agencies such as the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) and the Human Tissue Authority (HTA) into a single regulator under the UK Department of Health would be “a ...

The United Kingdom's fertility regulator has put its seal of approval on the "cautious use" of techniques to create a baby from the DNA of three people. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology ...

Nat Allbut spent years believing he knew who his father was – only to be shocked to learn that the details he was given about his sperm donor were incorrect. Mr Allbut, who was conceived via IVF with ...

The U.K. Human Fertilization & Embryology Authority (HFEA) decision to approve a study in which researchers will use CRISPR gene-editing technology to alter the genes of human embryos has created such ...

Three-quarters of fertility patients are spending money on acupuncture, supplements and drugs that “are not proven to increase the chance of having a baby”, the UK’s fertility regulator has found.

Stem cell researchers in North East England have been given permission to recruit human egg donors for stem cell research using an existing clinical practice known as egg sharing. Under the egg ...

SINGLE women are increasingly having babies without the help of men, figures show. Solo mothers’ use of IVF or sperm donors is growing faster than among women with partners. Please provide a valid ...

A rising number of single women are embarking on parenthood without a partner, figures suggest. Some 6% of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) cycles in 2022 were for single women, a rise from 2% in 2012, ...