Newborn genetic testing for SMA, done at birth, enables medication to be given which significantly reduces the symptoms and increases the lifespan of affected children. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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.

The ESHRE campus event, Carrier screening and infertility testing through the lens of GenEthics, has just started. Here, Cathy Herbrand and Eva Van Steijvoort introduce the ESHRE SIGs before we discuss Expanded Carrier Screening in MAR and Implementation of ECS. www.eshre.eu/Education/Ca...

This week we are in beautiful Ghent for an @eshre.bsky.social campus event on expanded carrier screening. @precas-project.bsky.social PI @cathy-herbrand.bsky.social and team member Eva van Steijvoort are presenting and chairing, along with presenters from all over Europe.

Today we welcomed Merissa Hickman, postdoctoral research student at the University of Leicester, to talk at the @crrdmu.bsky.social. She explained how to apply Carol Bacchi's 'what's the problem represented to be' method in practice. So useful! Look out for her forthcoming publication on this topic.

If you couldn't make our session at PET Conference #PET2025 then here's your chance to catch up on all the presentations and the discussion afterwards. It was a really great and timely session, part of an excellent event.

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

Huge congratulations to Professor Zosia Miedzybrodzka, PRECAS team member, who was awarded an OBE in the New Year's Honours List for her work in genomic medicine. We are thrilled her important work is being recognised in this way! www.nhsgrampian.org/news/2025/de...

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...

Thank you to everyone who's helped make the PRECAS Project a success this year - we appreciate you all. Wishing everyone a peaceful break and a happy and successful 2026.

Cathy Herbrand and Kriss Fearon will be at British Society of Genetic Medicine today to present a poster on behalf of the PRECAS team, at the Royal College of Physicians. Please come and say hello if you are going to be there too!

PI Cathy Herbrand presents at SERG 13/6/25 on the complexity of pathways and use of expanded carrier screening in the UK. Francisco Bariffi and Luke Walker also present. SERG is always great and we are really looking forward to it. #ECS @corinnaclark.bsky.social warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/med/...

Happy to be presenting the PRECAS Project poster on the views of clinicians, policymakers and other professionals on expanded carrier screening in the UK, in beautiful Milan. #ESHG2025

Exciting news! The PRECAS team is presenting a poster 'Offering expanded carrier screening (ECS) in the UK: do professional and policy stakeholders think it is worthwhile?' at #ESHG2025 Group C presentation session, Monday May 26, 1-2pm CEST (poster P24.022.C). Look forward to meeting people there!