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Recent Press Releases, Responses and Statements

2013

 
Apr 2013 British Fertility Society pays respect on death of IVF ‘founding father’ Professor Sir Robert Edwards, CBE, FRS
Feb 2013 British Fertility Society response to the updated NICE guidance on fertility
Feb 2013 British Fertility Society statement on using known sperm donors
Jan 2013 British Fertility Society comment on Department of Health proposals for the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA)

2012

 
Jun 2012 British Fertility Society response to announcement of the Department of Health consultation on fertility and human tissue regulation
Jun 2012 BFS statement on receiving news of the death of Mrs Lesley Brown
Jun 2012 David Healy
May 2012 British Fertility Society response to the review of the NICE fertility guidelines
Feb 2012 Response to cash reserves built up by the HFEA
Jan 2012 New research predicts miscarriage from foetal growth
Jan 2012 Babies born from frozen embryos are heavier and have longer gestation periods than those from fresh embryos
Jan 2012 Surrogacy does not have a negative effect on the surrogate’s own children

2011

 
Oct 2011 BFS response to study in Human Reproduction on the risk of ovarian tumours following IVF treatment
Sep 2011 BFS response to paper in Nature Communications on in vitro production of fertile sperm from stem cells
Aug 2011 BFS responses study in Nature Communications on predicting the success of fertilisation in mouse eggs
Aug 2011 British Fertility Society response to Cell study on the creation of sperm and birth of live offspring from mouse embryonic stem cells
Jul 2011 British Fertility Society response to the announcement of a new "IVF lottery"
Jun 2011 British Fertility Society response to the report “Holding back the British IVF revolution?”
May 2011 British Fertility Society response to a column arguing that the NHS should not fund IVF treatments
Jan 2011 British Fertility Society response to HFEA launch of public consultation on sperm and egg donation

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