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  • UK's independent expert panel recommends "cautious adoption" of mitochondrial donation in treatment

    The independent expert panel convened by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) to undertake a review of mitochondrial donation techniques, has today recommended that those techniques be approved for “cautious” use in “specific circumstances”.

    Last updated: 16 January 2017

    Review date: 16 January 2019

  • FAQs for donors, donor-conceived people and their parents

    Access to identifying information about donors for eligible donor-conceived people: FAQs for donors, donor-conceived people and their parents.

    Last updated: 15 September 2023

    Review date: 15 September 2025

  • HFEA permits cautious use of mitochondrial donation in treatment, following advice from scientific experts

    The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has today approved the use of mitochondrial donation in certain, specific cases.

    Last updated: 16 January 2017

    Review date: 16 January 2019

  • Fertility 2022 - Julia Chain, Chair of the HFEA

    Fertility 2022 - Julia Chain, Chair of the HFEA delivers a speech: 'The HFEA 30 years on – what needs to change?' Saturday, 8th January 2022

    Last updated: 10 January 2022

    Review date: 10 January 2024

  • The role of the regulator: UK perspectives

    Julia Chair, HFEA Chair, has today delivered a speech. The HFEA is the first regulator of its kind in the world, and we are recognised as the global gold standard for innovative and effective regulation. While our 30th anniversary is a cause for celebration, it should also be a prompt for reflection.

    Last updated: 30 November 2021

    Review date: 30 November 2023

  • Donors

    Many children in the UK are conceived with the help of a donor. Without a donor, many parents wouldn't have been able to fulfil their wish to have a family.

    Last updated: 9 May 2016

    Review date: 9 May 2018

  • Mitochondrial donation treatment

    Mitochondrial donation treatment can be used by people with severe mitochondrial disease to avoid passing the condition onto their children. This page introduces you to what the treatment involves and how you can apply to have it.

    Last updated: 5 April 2016

    Review date: 5 April 2018

    Mitochondria Mitochondrial donation Screening Treatment information Embryo testing

  • HFEA Briefing

    Health and Care Bill: changing the storage limits for human eggs, sperm and embryos

    Last updated: 18 January 2022

    Review date: 18 January 2024

  • Privacy policy

    This policy outlines the ways the HFEA collects and uses personal data and sensitive personal data from patients and individuals who contact the HFEA.

    Last updated: 8 December 2020

    Review date: 8 December 2022

  • Embryo research project summaries

    On this page you will find summaries of embryo research projects currently taking place in the UK.

    Last updated: 4 October 2017

    Review date: 4 October 2019

    Research