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• 7th
  Sep
  2010

  What is IUI?

  IUI, or intrauterine insemination, is a common infertility treatment that can help couples conceive. It is often the first treatment to be recommended when couples have ‘unexplained infertility’ – that is no medical reason why they cannot get pregnant...

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• 3rd
  Aug
  2010

  HFEA to be axed - What this means for patients

  The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, responsible for the regulation of fertility clinics and the use of embryos and sperm in treatment, is to be closed down by the Government.

  Health secretary Andrew Lansley announced that the HFEA is amongst a group of health watchdog bodies which will be merged or culled in an effort to save costs and red tape within the NHS.

  The HFEA will continue its work for the time being, but will transfer its functions to other bodies by the end of the cur...

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• 17th
  Mar
  2010

  Human egg raffle - should a child be the ultimate prize?

  A London IVF clinic has sparked controversy this week by offering childless couples the chance to win an American donor egg of their choice. Paying egg donors for their eggs is illegal in the UK, but the clinic is offering the winner free treatment in America to sidestep existing European laws. The winner also gets to select an egg based on race, upbringing and education, even being able to look at photographs of donors as children to pick which they like the look of...

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