The Progress Educational Trust podcast
autor: Progress Educational Trust
The Genetics of Infertility: Causes, Choices and Treatments
O tomto podcastu
PET (the Progress Educational Trust) is an independent charity that improves choices for people affected by infertility and genetic conditions.
On this podcast, you can hear the latest PET discussions of scientific, ethical, legal and policy issues in fertility, genetics, genomics and embryo/stem cell research.
These discussions feature experts and advocates from around the world, as well as contributions from patients and the broader public.
Epizody
Nejnovějších 20 z 54 epizod
- The Genetics of Infertility: Causes, Choices and Treatments · 1 h 34 min · Epizoda 54This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast discusses the genetics and genomics of infertility, including arguments for – and against – genetic diagnosis of…
- Donor Conception and Genetic Disease: Lessons to Be Learned from Donor 7069 · 1 h 38 min · Epizoda 53This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast examines the case of a donor whose sperm was used to conceive at least 197 children in at least 14 countries, when he…
- Accessing Fertility Treatment: Challenges and Solutions for LGBTQ+ Communities · 1 h 37 min · Epizoda 52This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast explores legal, practical and other challenges faced by LGBTQ+ people seeking fertility treatment and how these might…
- What Is the Impact of Fertility Treatment on the Health of Resulting Children? · 1 h 20 min · Epizoda 51This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast discusses what is known about the short-term and long-term health – both physical and psychological – of people who…
- What Is the Impact of Fertility Treatment on Patient Health? · 1 h 35 min · Epizoda 50This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast discusses what is known about the impact of IVF – and assisted conception more broadly – on the physical and…
- What Does the NICE Fertility Guideline Update Mean for You? · 1 h 33 min · Epizoda 49This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast discusses the newly updated Fertility Guideline published by the UK's National Institute for Health and Care…
- Male Infertility: Today's Insights, Tomorrow's Treatments · 1 h 1 min · Epizoda 48This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast features researchers and practitioners at the forefront of tackling male infertility. Aspects discussed include…
- Fertility Treatment and Stress: Patients, Practitioners and Outcomes · 1 h 21 min · Epizoda 47This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast discusses causes and consequences of stress, in the context of (in)fertility and assisted conception. The discussion…
- Ancestry, Ethnicity, IVF Outcomes: Why Do Some Patients Fare Better than Others? · 1 h 30 min · Epizoda 46This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast discusses disparities in IVF outcomes, and experiences of fertility treatment, between people with different ethnic…
- Understanding Egg Donation: The Give and Take · 1 h 27 min · Epizoda 45This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast discusses the needs and interests of everyone involved in egg donation – including donors, recipients…
- Fertility and the Workplace: Can Employers Help? Should They? · 1 h 30 min · Epizoda 44This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast discusses what employers can and should do, for employees who are receiving fertility treatment or who are dealing…
- Donor Conception and Genomics: Sperm, Eggs, Embryos, Mitochondria · 53 min · Epizoda 43This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast discusses the genetics and genomics of various forms of donor conception, and related scientific and ethical issues…
- Polygenic Risk, Polygenic Scores, Polygenic Indices: What Are They? What Should Be Done with Them? · 35 min · Epizoda 42This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast discusses the science and ethics of PGT-P – a controversial form of preimplantation genetic testing that uses…
- The Origins of Preimplantation Genetic Testing · 15 min · Epizoda 41This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast features Professor Alan Handyside – a pioneer of preimplantation genetic testing – explaining how and why it became…
- PGT-A as an IVF Add-On: 25 Years of Controversy · 53 min · Epizoda 40This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast discusses longstanding controversies surrounding PGT-A (preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy) – an 'add-on'…
- Expanded Carrier Screening: How Is It Used? What Are the Ethical Implications? · 51 min · Epizoda 39This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast discusses the use of expanded carrier screening to test prospective parents, and/or donors of sperm or eggs, for gene…
- Rare Metabolic Diseases: Advancing Understanding, Improving Outcomes · 1 h 31 min · Epizoda 38This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast discusses how to improve diagnosis, treatment and support for people affected by rare and inherited metabolic…
- Rare Disease Genomic Testing: How Do We Make Access Equitable and Timely? · 1 h 34 min · Epizoda 37This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast discusses how we might improve access to genetic and genomic testing, and related services, for people and families…
- Mitochondrial Donation: Does It Work? What Next? · 1 h 24 min · Epizoda 36This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast discusses the use of mitochondrial donation to avoid mitochondrial disease, with speakers including two of the…
- Robert Edwards at 100: Remembering an IVF Visionary · 1 h 45 min · Epizoda 35This episode of the Progress Educational Trust (PET) podcast marks the 100th birthday of the late IVF pioneer Professor Sir Robert Edwards, known widely (and affectionately) as…







