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Scientists in Newcastle use donor DNA of ‘second mother’ to repair genetic damage in a fertility procedure that could help 150 women a year

A baby has been born with the DNA of three separate people in the UK. In a national first, scientists comb...

A baby has been born using the DNA of three people for the first time in the UK after years of clinical development, the fertility regulator has said.

The technique, called mitochondrial donation treatment (MDT), protects children from a group of mitochondrial disorders, including muscular dystrophy.

A Dutch man, said to have sired hundreds of kids through sperm donation, is being taken to court to stop him fathering more.

Sci&Tech Editor Leah Renz discusses the implications of the Third International Summit for Human Genome Editing

Infertility - not being able to conceive despite having regular unprotected sex for a year - affects one in seven UK couples. Here, we look at some of the most promising options for budding mothers.

Michaela Warner, from Derby, was completely unaware she had a 10cm cyst wrapped around her right ovary, which had destroyed her fallopian tube.

Health service backlogs for gynaecological diagnoses and treatments are preventing women from starting IVF promptly

Fertility experts have spoken out after high street companies such as Superdrug have begun selling male and female fertility tests in the UK. Critics say the tests are just a snapshot of fertility.