HeyReprotech's September roundup
HeyReprotech's September roundup
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Events
30 Sep - Broadly Conceived online event - Reproductive Creative Writing Workshop
02/03 Oct - Monash University's Reproduction in Society seminar series - Topologies of Trust: How Social Relations Shape the Field of Digital Contraceptive Technologies
03-04 Oct - ESHRE workshop - Germ Cells and Gonads Ex Vivo: News, Views and Options
04 Oct - University of Waterloo online Politics of Reproduction Speakers' Series - Are Sperm Donors Really So Different From Other Volunteers?
07 Oct - Centre for Reproduction Research in-person seminar - The Rise of the 'Hope Market' in Fertility Care: Navigating Uncertainty, Information, and Patient Choice
19-23 Oct - American Society for Reproductive Medicine annual meeting - Equity, Access and Innovation
20 Oct - Donor Conceived Community annual run - Race to End Anonymous Donation
19-22 Oct - World Congress on Menopause
22 Oct - Cambridge Reproduction forum - Creating Connections
24 Oct - in-person conference, Future of Human Reproduction, Lancaster University - Reproduction and Speculative Cultures
28 Oct - online conference, Future of Human Reproduction, Lancaster University - Reproduction and Speculative Cultures
30 Oct - HFEA and Girton College in-person conference - Mary Warnock at 100 - The Past, Present and Future of Assisted Reproduction
09 Nov - Donor Conception Network in-person workshop for prospective parents - Getting Started
09 Nov - Nordic Model Now!'s in-person conference - Women For Sale: Private Matter or Public Crisis?
Reads
Megan Agnew. "Want a girl with blue eyes? Inside California’s VIP IVF industry." The Sunday Times. 15 Sep 2024.
Martin Robinson. "Surrogate mother wins access to her biological son in landmark case - after gay couple said it was 'homophobic' for her to be involved in their 'motherless family' with 'no vacancy' for a woman." Daily Mail. 09 Sep 2024.
Sarah Dingle. "I was diagnosed with breast cancer at 40. The doctors asked for my family medical history – but I’m donor-conceived." The Guardian. 05 Sep 2024.
Pandora Dewan. "'This is Eugenics': Exploitation and Discrimination in Egg Donation Exposed." Newsweek. 02 Sep 2024.
Jill Colvin, Joey Cappelletti and Thomas Beaumont. "Trump calls for universal coverage of IVF treatment with no specifics on how his plan would work." The Associated Press. 30 Aug 2024.
Studies
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority - National Patient Survey 2024
University of Texas Medical Branch - Healthcare Professionals’ Views on Assisted Reproductive Technology for the LGBTQ Population
Universite du Quebec en Outaouais - Contact Project: The Experience of Gamete Donors Contacted by their Donor Offspring
University College London - Health Outcomes in Subfertile Men
Fertility Alliance - Patient Survey
University of Bristol, University of Kent, University of Liverpool - Children's Voices in Surrogacy Law
University of Sheffield - The Digital Donor Conception Study
Queen Mary University of London Remaking Fertility Online Survey
University of Ottawa, University of Waterloo, University of Manitoba and others - Surrogates' Voices
University of Kent - Egg freezing For Social Reasons
University of Birmingham - Survey of LGBTQ+ parents
Listens
Brett Cooper. "They're Targeting 20 Year Old Women." Daily Wire. 21 Sep 2024.
Academic papers
Stasa Stankovic et al. "Genetic links between ovarian ageing, cancer risk and de novo mutation rates." Nature. Sep 2024. [News report: Heidi Ledford. "Why some women enter menopause early — and how that could affect their cancer risk." Nature News.]
Smriti Mallapaty. "Human embryo models are getting more realistic — raising ethical questions." Nature News. September 2024.
Mette Sorensen et al. "Long term exposure to road traffic noise and air pollution and risk of infertility in men and women: nationwide Danish cohort study." BMJ. 2024.
Sophie Zadeh. "Donor identifiability from birth: Findings of the Young Adults Study." PET BioNews. 02 Sep 2024. [lay summary]
HaiYang Wang et al. "Rejuvenation of aged oocyte through exposure to young follicular microenvironment." Nature Aging. 2024.
Amber Cooper and Manuel Viotti. "The time is now to change the narrative on preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy." Fertility and Sterility. 2024.
Exhibit
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