Want to gain practical science news writing skills under expert supervision? Apply to the BioNews Writing Scheme. Open to @UCL_ODResearch, PhD candidates or post docs. Apply via link below. Deadline 5pm Wed 15 April 2026, Induction day Fri 24 April 2026. www.progress.org.uk/get-involved...

Event Review: ‘Testing Embryos – How far should we go?’ A look back on the first event of the ‘Frontiers in the Ethics of Human Reproduction’ series held by the @hastingscenter.bsky.social in New York. Read more for free in BioNews ⬇️ progress.org.uk/event-review...

A study has found children of men exposed to radiation following the Chernobyl nuclear incident show specific patterns of DNA mutations and provide evidence that radiation-induced changes in sperm can affect offspring. Read more in BioNews ⬇️ www.progress.org.uk/paternal-rad...

Final day of the ESHRE campus event, Carrier screening and infertility testing through the lens of GenEthics. Today Martin Delatycki is starting the final stream by talking about lessons learned from the government-funded Mackenzie's Mission pilot study for expanded carrier screening in Australia.

Day 2 of the ESHRE campus course on Carrier screening and infertility testing through the lens of GenEthics. @cathy-herbrand.bsky.social starts the day by presenting on the use of expanded carrier screening in egg and sperm donation in the UK, and the wide variety of approaches in UK clinics.

I'm attending this @eshre.bsky.social where @cathy-herbrand.bsky.social is presenting findings from the PRECAS project and chairing discussions on expanded carrier screening. Looking forward to a few days of having great discussions with interesting people.

The ASA have ruled that a #fertility clinic’s advertisements promoting egg donation “trivialised the decision to donate eggs”. Ryan Au writes for BioNews: www.progress.org.uk/egg-donation... #EggDonation #FertilityClinics #FertilityTreatment #AdvertisingStandardsAuthority

This goes further than Section 28 ever did. Compulsory outing of children to their parents. Referral of children to medical interventions for straying outside the norm. Those are threats being wielded against trans kids that weren't even in the demands of Section 28.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

What is the end game for ICE? Terrorize one city and move to the next? How many "illegals" are they actually finding for all this effort? Seems like we should be hearing about high numbers being found but we are not because that's not what this seems to be about.

Prof Nicky Hudson is the keynote speaker at Fertility 26, the conference of the British Fertility Society. Her talk is about @precas-project.bsky.social "Expanded carrier screening and gamete donation - understanding the complexities for UK fertility clinics". #GameteDonation #CarrierScreening

Film: New inquiry into IVF egg donor safeguarding - have your say - deadline this Friday. In this Sky News interview, Sarah Norcrossdiscusses the inquiry. Watch here: www.progress.org.uk/film-sarah-n... #EggDonation #EggFreezing #Eggs #Fertility #FertilityTreatment #FertilityClinics

This is the review of the stream that @precas-project.bsky.social sponsored on Expanded Carrier Screening: How Is It Used? What Are the Ethical Implications? at PET 2025. A lively, productive discussion to kick off a great event . Thanks @pet-bionews.bsky.social! www.progress.org.uk/expanded-car...

Final PET Fertility Policy Tracker of 2025 The December PET Fertility Policy Tracker audit has been completed, and it was not good news for the 1 in 6 people affected by infertility in England. www.progress.org.uk/fertility-po... #IVFpower3 #infertility #fertility #ivf

Make sure you make time to visit the exhibition ‘Fertility Fortunes’ which is running throughout the conference. Say hello to Isabel and Anna who would love to chat to you about their work! #PETconf25

A great discussion on expanded carrier screening at PET Conference, with @cathy-herbrand.bsky.social Sara Levene, Heidi Mertes and Jackson Kirkman Brown - sponsored by @precas-project.bsky.social Many thanks to everyone who came came along and asked a question #PET25

@cathy-herbrand.bsky.social speaking at PET Conference this morning about expanded carrier screening and policy in the UK. The PRECAS Project @precas-project.bsky.social has sponsored this session - the presenters are currently discussing ECS and taking questions. #PET25 @pet-bionews.bsky.social

Cathy will close the session by discussing 'Expanded Carrier Screening in the UK: Mind the Policy Gap' #PETConf25

It's great to hear from Sara - a super helpful introduction to what carrier screening is and how it has evolved over the years, what it can mean for various ethnic groups and how it can be used. #PETConf25

Jackson considers what are patients really looking for when screening donor gametes? #PETConf25

Heidi’s presentation for today is enticingly titled - 'Just Because You Can, Doesn't Mean You Should' #PETconf25

Sara will be kicking the day off by giving us her talk - 'An Introduction to Recessive Carrier Screening' #PETconf25

The @precas-project.bsky.social project is sponsoring a panel on Expanded Carrier Screening on 10 December at PET Annual Conference, featuring Sara Levene, @heidimertes.bsky.social, Jackson Kirkman Brown, and @cathy-herbrand.bsky.social Excited to be sharing findings and having the conversation.

The exact people now saying "Nigel Farage was young and foolish at school" (to excuse his racism, bullying and harassment of fellow pupils at Dulwich College) are the same people who said "Shamima Begum was old enough to know what she was doing".

Want to use archaeology in your local history research? In my new @ihr.bsky.social 'Discovery' short course (29 April-1 May 2026) you will learn where to locate and how to use records of surveys, excavations and finds in your area. Plus a visit to the @antiquaries.bsky.social library and...

I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.

A call for papers!

As today is International Men's Day, it's important to highlight that male/masc individuals experiences of intimate partner violence victimisation (regardless of partner's gender) are vastly underreported. Some research on this from Queen's University Belfast: www.cvocni.org/files/cvocni...

If the Prescott memo is true, and there is a secret cabal of LGBTQ+ journalists stopping any negative stories about trans people being published or aired at BBC News, then, I have to say, they’re doing a really fucking shit job of that.

We know from scientific research that up to 75% of intersex people with varations of sex chromosomes never become aware of this during their life. You, a boring cis woman, might find yourself in the man section of a DHS holding facility and being charged with fraud just by traveling to the US.

Are you being made to pay for #fertility treatment? If you are affected by the lack of NHS-funding for fertility care, then write to your MP and ask them for their help as part of the PET Power of Three Campaign . Find out more here: www.progress.org.uk/fertility-po... @merckgroup

Join us on Monday 17 November 12-1:30 online for our first Centre for Reproduction Research (CRR) seminar of the year. @DrKrysWilkinson will be speaking about 'Complex fertility journeys and employment: Research insights and real-world impact'. Email [email protected] by 12 Nov to register.

Read my two letters to the #UK: 1. Protests: I call for a review of the legal framework and the reconsideration of provisions in the Crime & Policing Bill that could restrict freedom of assembly. 2. Trans people: I warn against exclusion&zero-sum approaches 👇#HumanRights www.coe.int/en/web/commi...

Thank you @pet-bionews.bsky.social ! If you'd like to find out more, please contact me, always happy to chat about the project.

QT this post with someone you wish was still alive.

Join our meet and greet session on Thursday October 30th to share your experiences as a writer with a disability, as we devise a range of targeted supports for disabled writers. Please contact Declan Meade by Wednesday October 22nd We’d love to hear from you. stingingfly.org/news/a-call-...

Currently listening to this event - Mary Herbert talking about the development of mitochondrial donation. Amazing stuff.

Vote for us, Labour say. Reform is a threat to our freedoms, Labour say.

I’m sorry, but Sex Matters is an extremist hate group. Here is Maya Forstater complaining that the updated Scottish schools guidance that bans all trans pupils from gender-aligned toilets is STILL not good enough, because it doesn’t mandate “outing” trans kids. www.scotsman.com/news/politic...

Safety Advice: I keep seeing young trans people on social media talking about therapists disrespecting their pronouns and parents telling them that the therapist has a right to their beliefs. I want to be clear: you have a right to the therapy room being a safe supportive space for YOUR growth.

This is just remarkable. Transplant of a healthy ovary into the streak ovary of a woman with Turner syndrome #TS resulting in a healthy pregnancy and baby. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...