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Charlotte Park-Morton BioNews Comment articles written by Charlotte Park-Morton: Page 1 of 1 100 In April, the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Surrogacy launched the 'Report on Understanding of the Law and Practice of Surrogacy'... [Read More] Tel: +44 (0)20 7278 7870 Email: admin@progress.org.uk Limited company registered in England and Wales no 07405980 Registered charity no 1139856 Website initially design by Thunder Progress Educational Trust

FILM: Sandy Starr and Professor Robin Lovell-Badge discuss embryo and stem cell research guidelines This film documents a conversation between Sandy Starr (deputy director of the Progress Educational Trust, or PET, the charity that publishes BioNews) and Professor Robin Lovell-Badge (chair of trustees at PET) about embryo and stem cell research. Professor Lovell-Badge chaired the task force that developed the latest guidelines of the International Society for Stem Cell Research, and he discusses those guidelines here. If you cannot see the film below, click here to view it. The main themes of...

An update to guidance on stem cell research has dropped the 14-day embryo rule in a move that could pave the way for research on conditions from genetic disorders to miscarriage.  The changes, published by the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), reflect new advances in fields including chimeras, organoids and genome editing. Until now, scientists have only been able to culture intact human embryos in the lab up to the 14-day mark.  However, the update will allow scientists to explore the critical period of embryo development from 14–28 days, during which time tissues b...

Sarah Taylor-Jones BioNews Comment articles written by Sarah Taylor-Jones: Page 1 of 1 It is reported that surrogacy agencies in the USA have been so overwhelmed by requests for unvaccinated surrogates that it has now become a new matching criterion that the agencies use when placing surrogates to work with intended parents... [Read More]

Stella Hume BioNews News articles written by Stella Hume: Page 1 of 1 The COVID-19 coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) vaccine does not cause damage to the placenta, a study has confirmed... [Read More] A shortage of donor sperm donations has resulted in delays to fertility treatments and has fuelled demand for alternative options through social media... [Read More] The pathway that allows blood stem cells to hibernate, and therefore repeatedly renew themselves, has been revealed... [Read More] A new way to create stem cells that are able to produce placenta tissue has been discovered, potentially...