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30
Nov
2022

Latest UK Trends in Egg, Sperm and Embryo Donation

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has just released its latest report on donation and donor treatments in the UK fertility sector in 2020. It reports a growing trend in donor conception in the UK, with the numbers of donor conceived children more than tripling between 2006 and 2019. However, demand for gamete donation continues to outstrip the availability of donor eggs and sperm in the UK, resulting in more than half of new sperm donors registered in the UK in 2020 donating in the USA or Denmark. There also continues to be underrepresentation of ethnic minority donors in the UK.

18
Nov
2022

Global Decline in Sperm Counts: Do I Need To Be Concerned?

New research findings have just been published in Human Reproduction Update by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Icahn School of Medicine in New York which show that global sperm counts have halved over the last fifty years. In addition, the researchers found that declining sperm counts are accelerating across the world creating a fertility crisis akin to a ticking time bomb. As such, this decrease in male fertility represents a serious public health problem that requires focused responses by governments to recognise and safeguard male reproductive health for the future.

20
Oct
2022

HFEA ‘State of the Fertility Sector 2021-22’ report

The HFEA has recently published its annual ‘State of the Fertility Sector 2021-22’ report. Its makes for mainly positive reading in that of the 90,000 treatment and storage cycles carried out in the UK during 2021-22, less than 1 percent incurred an incident. As such, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) reports that patients can be reassured that they will receive safe and high quality care at UK fertility clinics.

21
Sep
2022

Cord blood banking: life-saving potential that’s usually discarded at birth

This week's blog is an introduction to the fascinating world of umbilical cord blood stem cell banking. If you're expecting a little one right now, planning to in the future or know someone that is, it's worth reading on to discover just why this service is so valuable to families. To welcome us to stem cell banking, we've caught up with Amanda Williamson of Future Health Biobank, one of the UK's three main stem cell banks.

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