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BioNewsUK

  1. There's still time to complete @NGDT_UK survey on #sperm and #egg donation the aim is to improve how donor services bit.ly/oLLmvN
  2. Book Review: Sperm Counts - Overcome by Man's Most Precious Fluid: The fluidity of semen is an idea that Lisa Je... bit.ly/KopKhk
  3. Brititsh Human Genetics Conference call for abstracts has been extended to 2/6/12 for more info see bit.ly/LmbHXN #genetics
  4. bit.ly/hQCtuL - another busy week at PET, guest starring @UKParliament/@NICEcomms/@Nuffbioethics/@medschoolblogs/@absw/@ResFortnight.
  5. Alison Bagshawe of @AltruiDonor is discussing egg donation on @BBCWomansHour right now! Read her BioNews article at bit.ly/JQya4o
  6. Off to @UKParliament, for meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on #Infertility - timely given draft @NICEcomms fertility guidelines!
  7. bionews.org.uk/0657 - we've published the latest edition of BioNews (657) including the headline 'Probiotic yoghurt makes male mice sexier'
  8. 'Gay couples and women over 40 to get free IVF treatment on NHS' is the @Telegraph headline soc.li/gSj79cg #ivf
  9. NICE #Fertility Guideline 'update' consultation starts today here's the link bit.ly/JkqQJs #ivf
  10. On @BBCr4today: #IVF 07:50 NICE guideline on #fertility due to be discussed.
  11. Canadian regulators grant world's first approval for a stem cell drug: The world's first stem cell drug has been... bit.ly/K4xXqp
  12. Private equity firm invests in successful London IVF clinic: A London-based IVF clinic has received an investmen... bit.ly/K4xVyO
  13. Genetics of breast cancer progression mapped: The genetic landscape of breast cancer is much more complicated th... bit.ly/LuR9Sm
  14. MRSA spread from city to regional hospitals tracked with genetic tags: The emergence and spread of MRSA in the U... bit.ly/K4xUuU
  15. TV Review: 4ThoughtTV should we be allowed to design our babies?: These seven short films provide little more th... bit.ly/K4muqR
  16. Sir Alasdair Breckenridge appointed Chair of Emerging Science and Bioethics Advisory Committee: Sir Alasdair Bre... bit.ly/LuH2Ny
  17. The Daily Mail has got Altrui and egg donation wrong: A recent article in the Daily Mail about Altrui's informat... bit.ly/K4muaz