Review: Expanded carrier screening at PET Conference 2025

Expanded Carrier Screening: How Is It Used? What Are the Ethical Implications? at PET 2025 BioNews, 1320, 21 December 2025, Read more: https://www.progress.org.uk/expanded-carrier-screening-how-is-it-used-what-are-the-ethical-implications/

BBC World Service – discussion on donor screening

Prof Cathy Herbrand talks on the BBC World Service about the news that sperm from a donor with a gene mutation has been used to produce nearly 200 children, some with childhood cancer. Available until Jan 14 days, listen from 26m 50s into the recording. Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172zw8gzrdmt4l

Screening donors: New challenges in the UK fertility landscape

Herbrand, C., Hudson, N., Fearon, K. (2024) Comment: Screening donors: new challenges in the UK fertility landscape. BioNews, 1233, 8 April 2024, Read more: https://www.progress.org.uk/screening-donors-new-challenges-in-the-uk-fertility-landscape/

PRECAS Project launch

The PRECAS Project was launched in February 2023. Read more: Centre for Reproduction Research: PRECAS launch blog