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Finding out about your donor
We hold information on all fertility treatments involving a donor since 1st August 1991. Learn about what you can find out about donors and genetic siblings.
Last updated: 9 May 2016
Review date: 9 May 2018
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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
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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
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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
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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
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HFEA comments on the news that eight babies have been born after mitochondrial donation treatment
The HFEA welcomes the publication of two papers in the New England Journal of Medicine, which details that eight babies have now been born through pioneering IVF technique that reduces the risk of mitochondrial diseases.
Last updated: 16 July 2025
Review date: 16 July 2027
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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
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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
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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
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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
