For a long time, having children has been a young person’s game. Although ancient records are sparse, researchers estimate that, for most of human history, women most typically conceived their first ...
Earlier this month, Minister for Health Simon Donnelly received Cabinet approval to forward the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2022 to the committee on health for review in January. This marks a ...
Oireachtas Committee makes 18 recommendations as part of proposed amendments to Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024 ...
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in a landmark case concerning the legal motherhood of a child born through a surrogacy arrangement. While the High Court seemed willing to ...
Scientists are working to create human eggs in a laboratory dish, but the process is proving to be more challenging than ...
The Assisted Human Reproduction (AHR) Bill has passed through the Seanad, ending a long wait for many parents of children born through surrogacy to be legally recognised as such. Only the biological ...
Scientists have detected microplastics in human semen and follicular fluid, the liquid that surrounds an egg in an ovarian follicle. "This is not an isolated finding –– it appears to be quite common," ...
Scientists have detected microplastics — the tiny and pervasive fragments now found in our seas, drinking water, food and, increasingly, living tissue — in human semen and follicular fluid, according ...