Progress Educational Trust (PET)
PET is an independent charity that provides impartial and accurate information to people affected by infertility and genomic conditions.
- Why treatment costs for frozen eggs cannot be reimbursed when eggs are donated: we unpack the ethical and legal risks of cost recovery, and propose alternative strategies to strengthen the supply of altruistic donors. With Dr @ezrakneebone.bsky.social and Dr Julian Koplin bit.ly/3ZlcQND
- NEWS: Non-coding gene discovered to be a cause of blindness Dr Mireia Carcolé Estrada writes about this new research that may offer answers to families with unexplained vision loss. www.progress.org.uk/non-coding-g... #genomics #genetics #DNA #visionloss #blindness #retinitispigmentosa
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- Thank you Karen for an excellent presentation which has provided a great start to session 2 and a valuable insight into the background behind the ESHRE GPRs for PGT-A #PETconf25
- James shares his legal expertise and helps build a fuller picture of the practical reality of PGT-A in law. The outcomes of some of the class actions covered resulted in significant settlements for the claimants. Lots of food for thought... Thank you for an excellent presentation. #PETconf25
- Session 5 will be chaired by Professor Karen Sermon - Professor of Genetics and Embryology at the Free University of Brussels (VUB) and former Chair of ESHRE #PETconf25 Coeditor of Human Reproductive Genetics, and coauthor of ESHRE's Good Practice Recommendations on Add-Ons in Reproductive Medicine
- Prof Stéphane Viville, founder of Genetics of Infertility Unit at University Hospitals of Strasbourg and researcher at the Institute of Genetics and of Molecular and Cellular Biology. He was responsible for establishing the first preimplantation genetic testing centre in France #PETconf25
- Next we will hear from Professor Michael Parker, Professor of Bioethics at the University of Oxford, Director of the Ethox Centre and of the Global Health Bioethics Network, and former Chair of the Ethics Advisory Board of Our Future Health #PETconf25
- Michael is author of Ethical Problems and Genetics Practice and contributor to books including Research Ethics in Epidemics and Pandemics link.springer.com/book/10.1007.... His presentation is entitled ‘Donor Conception and Genomics: Ethical Questions in Day-to-Day Practice’ #PETconf25
- Another excellent presentation. We hope you are able to continue the debate regarding the very interesting ethical cases shared by Michael - and the importance of ethics for clinicians. Learn more at the Genetics-forum below: www.ethox.ox.ac.uk/ethics-suppo... #PETconf25
- The final speaker of session 5 is Debbie Kennett, Genetic Genealogist and Honorary Research Associate at University College London. Author of the books DNA and Social Networking and The Surnames Handbook, and contributor to the book Advanced Genetic Genealogy. #PETconf25
- Debbie’s presentation is entitled Does Consumer DNA Testing Spell the End of Donor Anonymity? #PETconf25
- Thank you to all the session 5 speakers for their brilliant presentations. We now go straight into the final session of the day - session 6 - REMARKS FROM THE FERTILITY REGULATOR. PET Director Sarah Norcross will chair this keynote presentation by HFEA Chair Julia Chain. #PETconf25
- Thank you Debbie for a really enjoyable and informative presentation. This will definitely have got people talking about the issues you raised. A great summary 'DNA = Donors are Not Anonymous' #PETconf25
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- Julia is former Chair of Trustees at the Human Dignity Trust, and former Deputy Chair of Norwood. She is a contributor to the PET report Fertility, Genomics and Embryo Research: Public Attitudes and Understanding www.progress.org.uk/engagement/r... #PETconf25
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- Amazing to hear Prof Handyside recall his interactions with Sir Bob Edwards and how he inspired his own work. #PETConf25
- The first speaker is Professor Karen Sermon Professor of Genetics and Embryology at the Free University of Brussels (VUB) and Former Chair of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) #PETconf25
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- In the midnight hour she cried Moore, More, Moore With a rebel yell she cried Moore, More, Moore
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