Thousands of British women could miss their last chance of becoming a mother, as IVF treatment centres close down this week due to the coronavirus lockdown. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) ruled that NHS and private clinics will stop treating women undergoing IVF treatment from Wednesday, April 15. Patients who are in the … Read more
IVF ‘will alter human evolution’ by allowing disease-prone people to have babies when nature would normally stop them says fertility expert Dr Hans Hanevik, fertility expert, says IVF could affect future generations Allowing defective genes to be passed on may impact human evolution The head of Telemark Hospital’s fertility department will make the comments to … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more