Centre for Reproduction Research
@crrdmu.bsky.social
We are a research centre at De Montfort University focusing on reproductive health. Check here for more information: https://linktr.ee/CRR_DMU?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=b340c289-6047-48a2-af77-809271c4d86a
Prof Cathy Herbrand talks on the BBC World Service about the news that sperm from a donor with an undetectable gene mutation has been used to produce nearly 200 children, some with childhood cancer. Available for 25 days, listen from 26m 50s into the recording. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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December 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Prof Cathy Herbrand talks on the BBC World Service about the news that sperm from a donor with an undetectable gene mutation has been used to produce nearly 200 children, some with childhood cancer. Available for 25 days, listen from 26m 50s into the recording. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Outgoing CRR Director Prof Nicky Hudson provides expert comment on the tragic news that sperm from a donor who unknowingly carried the gene variant for Li-Fraumeni syndrome was used to create almost 200 children. Some have since had childhood cancer. theconversation.com/one-sperm-do...
One sperm donor fathered 200 children and passed on a deadly mutation – and it could easily happen again
Why better screening won’t be enough.
theconversation.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Outgoing CRR Director Prof Nicky Hudson provides expert comment on the tragic news that sperm from a donor who unknowingly carried the gene variant for Li-Fraumeni syndrome was used to create almost 200 children. Some have since had childhood cancer. theconversation.com/one-sperm-do...
Join us on Monday 19 Jan 12:30-14:00, at DMU Leicester, for an in-person Centre for Reproduction Research (CRR) seminar. Merissa Hickman, University of Leicester, will be speaking about 'Preconception Health: What Is the Problem Represented to Be?'. Email crr@dmu.ac.uk by 13 Jan to register.
December 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Join us on Monday 19 Jan 12:30-14:00, at DMU Leicester, for an in-person Centre for Reproduction Research (CRR) seminar. Merissa Hickman, University of Leicester, will be speaking about 'Preconception Health: What Is the Problem Represented to Be?'. Email crr@dmu.ac.uk by 13 Jan to register.
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Sara, Jackson, Heidi and Cathy will now join Sarah for the first Q&A of the day, taking questions from our lovely audience!
#PETConf25
#PETConf25
December 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Sara, Jackson, Heidi and Cathy will now join Sarah for the first Q&A of the day, taking questions from our lovely audience!
#PETConf25
#PETConf25
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What do stakeholders in the UK really think of carrier screening? What are the benefits, and how useful is it?
#PETConf25
#PETConf25
December 10, 2025 at 10:36 AM
What do stakeholders in the UK really think of carrier screening? What are the benefits, and how useful is it?
#PETConf25
#PETConf25
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The final speaker for this session is Professor Cathy Herbrand, Principal Investigator at PRECAS (precas.dmu.ac.uk)
#PETconf25
#PETconf25
December 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The final speaker for this session is Professor Cathy Herbrand, Principal Investigator at PRECAS (precas.dmu.ac.uk)
#PETconf25
#PETconf25
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A great discussion on expanded carrier screening at PET Conference, with @cathy-herbrand.bsky.social Sara Levene, Heidi Mertes and Jackson Kirkman Brown - sponsored by @precas-project.bsky.social Many thanks to everyone who came came along and asked a question #PET25
December 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
A great discussion on expanded carrier screening at PET Conference, with @cathy-herbrand.bsky.social Sara Levene, Heidi Mertes and Jackson Kirkman Brown - sponsored by @precas-project.bsky.social Many thanks to everyone who came came along and asked a question #PET25
The CRR PRECAS team are at the @pet-bionews.bsky.social annual conference ‘What does genomics mean for fertility treatment’ . Project lead Prof Cathy Herbrand is presenting study findings
#PETconf25
#PETconf25
December 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The CRR PRECAS team are at the @pet-bionews.bsky.social annual conference ‘What does genomics mean for fertility treatment’ . Project lead Prof Cathy Herbrand is presenting study findings
#PETconf25
#PETconf25
Join us on Monday 17 November 12-1:30 online for our first Centre for Reproduction Research (CRR) seminar of the year. @DrKrysWilkinson will be speaking about 'Complex fertility journeys and employment: Research insights and real-world impact'. Email crr@dmu.ac.uk by 12 Nov to register.
October 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Join us on Monday 17 November 12-1:30 online for our first Centre for Reproduction Research (CRR) seminar of the year. @DrKrysWilkinson will be speaking about 'Complex fertility journeys and employment: Research insights and real-world impact'. Email crr@dmu.ac.uk by 12 Nov to register.
A new piece in @uk.theconversation.com from Nicky Hudson on the birth of the ‘world’s oldest baby’
theconversation.com/worlds-oldes...
theconversation.com/worlds-oldes...
World’s ‘oldest baby’: what a 30-year-old embryo tells us about the future of fertility
A baby was born from a 30-year-old frozen embryo, raising questions about fertility, family and the future of donor conception.
theconversation.com
August 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
A new piece in @uk.theconversation.com from Nicky Hudson on the birth of the ‘world’s oldest baby’
theconversation.com/worlds-oldes...
theconversation.com/worlds-oldes...
Congratulations to @cathy-herbrand.bsky.social on this thought-provoking piece for The Conversation looking at the realities behind mitochondrial donation, following the news that eight babies have now been born using the technique in the UK.
Well worth a read.
Well worth a read.
Groundbreaking treatment works, but why the ten-year silence?
Babies born with DNA from three people hailed as breakthrough – but questions remain
Groundbreaking treatment works, but why the ten-year silence?
tcnv.link
July 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Congratulations to @cathy-herbrand.bsky.social on this thought-provoking piece for The Conversation looking at the realities behind mitochondrial donation, following the news that eight babies have now been born using the technique in the UK.
Well worth a read.
Well worth a read.
Today we're delighted to welcome Rachel Arkell to talk about her research on the use of sodium valproate in pregnancy. Sodium valproate is a potentially lifesaving medication for epilepsy and bipolar disorder yet is associated with risk in pregnancy, raising queries about how it should be used.
June 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Today we're delighted to welcome Rachel Arkell to talk about her research on the use of sodium valproate in pregnancy. Sodium valproate is a potentially lifesaving medication for epilepsy and bipolar disorder yet is associated with risk in pregnancy, raising queries about how it should be used.
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Our (@gmthomas.bsky.social Tanisha Spratt @amychandler.bsky.social) book went to print - very exciting! The @britsoci.bsky.social London MedSoc Study Group is hosting a launch event (thanks @twiterney.bsky.social) on 19 June 18:00-19:30. All welcome, register here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/bsa-london...
www.eventbrite.com/e/bsa-london...
May 15, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Our (@gmthomas.bsky.social Tanisha Spratt @amychandler.bsky.social) book went to print - very exciting! The @britsoci.bsky.social London MedSoc Study Group is hosting a launch event (thanks @twiterney.bsky.social) on 19 June 18:00-19:30. All welcome, register here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/bsa-london...
www.eventbrite.com/e/bsa-london...
Egg donation: what's really being said, and not said, to potential donors?
Our new research analyzes how fertility clinics across Belgium, Spain, and the UK present medical risks and incentives on their websites- and what that means for women considering donation.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
Our new research analyzes how fertility clinics across Belgium, Spain, and the UK present medical risks and incentives on their websites- and what that means for women considering donation.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
April 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Egg donation: what's really being said, and not said, to potential donors?
Our new research analyzes how fertility clinics across Belgium, Spain, and the UK present medical risks and incentives on their websites- and what that means for women considering donation.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
Our new research analyzes how fertility clinics across Belgium, Spain, and the UK present medical risks and incentives on their websites- and what that means for women considering donation.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
Check out this paper! Exploring how direct-to-consumer genetic testing is reshaping the world of gamete donor conception — and what that means for families, professionals, and policy makers
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
April 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Check out this paper! Exploring how direct-to-consumer genetic testing is reshaping the world of gamete donor conception — and what that means for families, professionals, and policy makers
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Exploring how direct-to-consumer genetic testing and social media are reshaping donor conception and kinship. Parents share their views on the ‘right age’ for kids to connect with donor relatives and how childhood influences these decisions🧬 journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
April 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Exploring how direct-to-consumer genetic testing and social media are reshaping donor conception and kinship. Parents share their views on the ‘right age’ for kids to connect with donor relatives and how childhood influences these decisions🧬 journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
Read this paper by Nicky Hudson, Cathy Herbrand and Lorraine Culley on the emergence and use of expanded carrier screening in gamete donation. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
April 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Read this paper by Nicky Hudson, Cathy Herbrand and Lorraine Culley on the emergence and use of expanded carrier screening in gamete donation. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Celebrating the professorial inaugural lecture of Prof. Cathy Herbrand this week… 🥳
March 28, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Celebrating the professorial inaugural lecture of Prof. Cathy Herbrand this week… 🥳
Happening this evening! Still time to book a place - check out our linktree
Join us for Cathy Herbrand’s upcoming lecture! Still time to book with the link below and on our linktree
March 25, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Happening this evening! Still time to book a place - check out our linktree
We are delighted to welcome Dr Sophie Zadeh @sussex.ac.uk to present a seminar on 'Sibling ‘mismatches’ in donor conception'. She looks at how challenging 'resemblance talk' is when donor siblings connect with bio family but find out they don't resemble or feel an affinity with them.
March 19, 2025 at 12:22 PM
We are delighted to welcome Dr Sophie Zadeh @sussex.ac.uk to present a seminar on 'Sibling ‘mismatches’ in donor conception'. She looks at how challenging 'resemblance talk' is when donor siblings connect with bio family but find out they don't resemble or feel an affinity with them.
Join us for Cathy Herbrand’s upcoming lecture! Still time to book with the link below and on our linktree
March 19, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Join us for Cathy Herbrand’s upcoming lecture! Still time to book with the link below and on our linktree
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Bupa plans to offer a new genomic screening approach to clients that, it is claimed, can evaluate an individual's risk of developing seven common diseases. Dr Joanne Delange writes in BioNews: www.progress.org.uk/polygenic-ri...
#polygenicriskscores #polygenics #genomics #genetics #healthinsurance
#polygenicriskscores #polygenics #genomics #genetics #healthinsurance
March 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Bupa plans to offer a new genomic screening approach to clients that, it is claimed, can evaluate an individual's risk of developing seven common diseases. Dr Joanne Delange writes in BioNews: www.progress.org.uk/polygenic-ri...
#polygenicriskscores #polygenics #genomics #genetics #healthinsurance
#polygenicriskscores #polygenics #genomics #genetics #healthinsurance
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Delighted that @bevclough.bsky.social & I have received a BA/Leverhulme Small Grant for our project ‘Birth Doulas as a Liminal Actor With/in Medical Law: Identifying Regulatory & Conceptual Tensions’. We’ve been plotting this project for over 2 years & are so excited to bring it to life!
March 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Delighted that @bevclough.bsky.social & I have received a BA/Leverhulme Small Grant for our project ‘Birth Doulas as a Liminal Actor With/in Medical Law: Identifying Regulatory & Conceptual Tensions’. We’ve been plotting this project for over 2 years & are so excited to bring it to life!
A step forward in the improvement of endometriosis management:
‘First-of-a-kind’ daily pill for endometriosis treatment approved for NHS in England
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘First-of-a-kind’ daily pill for endometriosis treatment approved for NHS in England
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘First-of-a-kind’ daily pill for endometriosis treatment approved for NHS in England
Relugolix-estradiol-norethisterone can be taken at home, eliminating need for trips to clinics for injections
www.theguardian.com
March 14, 2025 at 7:18 AM
A step forward in the improvement of endometriosis management:
‘First-of-a-kind’ daily pill for endometriosis treatment approved for NHS in England
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘First-of-a-kind’ daily pill for endometriosis treatment approved for NHS in England
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...