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FILM: The Special Status of Mary Warnock – From Fertility Treatment to Embryo Research This film documents the Progress Educational Trust (PET) event ' The Special Status of Mary Warnock: From Fertility Treatment to Embryo Research', which was held on what would have been the 97th birthday of the late Baroness Mary Warnock (1924-2019). The event was sponsored by the British Fertility Society, the London Egg Bank, Theramex and Reproduction and Fertility (a journal from the Society for Reproduction and Fertility). (If you cannot see the film below, click here to view it.) Introduction 0:17:16...

The emergence of iBlastoids: Time to update the law? Appeared in BioNews 1092 Adult human skin cells have been reprogrammed to form three-dimensional structures similar to early human embryos by a team led by Professor Jose Polo at Monash University, Australia (see BioNews 1088). Called 'iBlastoids', they could potentially enable us to learn how early human embryos develop and implant in the uterus. The studies could also lead to medical treatments for conditions such as infertility, miscarriage, developmental disorders and genetic diseases. Typically, the development of an embryo begins with...

The Special Status of Mary Warnock: From Fertility Treatment to Embryo Research Appeared in BioNews 1091 The latest online event held by the Progress Educational Trust (PET), the charity that publishes BioNews, was 'The Special Status of Mary Warnock: From Fertility Treatment to Embryo Research'. This discussed the legacy of PET's late patron Baroness Mary Warnock, and her work in reproductive healthcare, research and regulation. Sarah Norcross, director of PET, began by thanking the sponsors before giving an introduction into Baroness Warnock's life. Norcross spoke of Baroness Warnock's stro...

The 14-day limit should be extended to 28 days Appeared in BioNews 1083 The '14-day rule', initially proposed in 1979 in the USA, was first recommended in the UK by the Warnock Committee in 1984. It limits research on intact human embryos to 'prior to 14 days' gestation or the beginning of primitive streak formation' and is part of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Acts of 1990 and 2008 (HFE Acts). This legislation has been successfully implemented in the UK, but also in several other countries (eg, Australia's Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002). It is followed in jurisdictions ...