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"Old ladies'" don't get pregnant Dr Chu! And women in their 40s are not 'old'. More precise language please.

Make sure you make time to visit the exhibition ‘Fertility Fortunes’ which is running throughout the conference. Say hello to Isabel and Anna who would love to chat to you about their work!

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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

Prof Cathy Herbrand speaking at PET Conference

PRECAS slide showing the three main routes in which ECS is offered in the UK

PRECAS slide showing stakeholder views on the usefulness of expanded carrier screening

@cathy-herbrand.bsky.social speaking at PET Conference this morning about expanded carrier screening and policy in the UK. The PRECAS Project @precas-project.bsky.social has sponsored this session - the presenters are currently discussing ECS and taking questions. #PET25 @pet-bionews.bsky.social

Cathy will close the session by discussing 'Expanded Carrier Screening in the UK: Mind the Policy Gap'

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It's great to hear from Sara - a super helpful introduction to what carrier screening is and how it has evolved over the years, what it can mean for various ethnic groups and how it can be used.

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Jackson considers what are patients really looking for when screening donor gametes?

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Heidi’s presentation for today is enticingly titled - 'Just Because You Can, Doesn't Mean You Should'

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Sara will be kicking the day off by giving us her talk - 'An Introduction to Recessive Carrier Screening'
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Expanded carrier screening in the UK - Mind the policy gap - title of talk by Prof Cathy Herbrand at PET Conference, 10 December 2025

The @precas-project.bsky.social project is sponsoring a panel on Expanded Carrier Screening on 10 December at PET Annual Conference, featuring Sara Levene, @heidimertes.bsky.social, Jackson Kirkman Brown, and @cathy-herbrand.bsky.social Excited to be sharing findings and having the conversation.

Crick (Michael, who wrote a biography on Nigel Farage) believes that there is a clear line to be drawn between Farage the sixth-former and Farage the politician. "So much of his character is the same as you can see at Dulwich," he says. "The boy who's desperate for attention, who loves debating, who loves division. The English nationalism, the interest - almost obsession - with immigration, the admiration for Enoch Powell, the free-market Thatcherism; all of that began at Dulwich." Much of the public has already made up its mind on Farage. In as much as this story cuts through to the wider elector-ate, some will think it deeply unfair to judge Farage on his adolescence; while others will see it as fair game and reflective of the man he later became. But there will be many who are still undecided on Farage and, for this last camp, his belligerent response to the allegations will be a test. He has the polling support. He has the Tory defections. He has the money now too. But does he have the ability to woo and keep voters who once found him unsavoury? Farage is unlikely to change tack now. "He's got to be true to him-self," says the senior Reform source. "There is precious little point in apologising to people like Ed Davey." Additional Reporting: Harry Yorke

The exact people now saying "Nigel Farage was young and foolish at school" (to excuse his racism, bullying and harassment of fellow pupils at Dulwich College) are the same people who said "Shamima Begum was old enough to know what she was doing".

In my experience as a pedestrian, cyclist and driver, every other type of road user is an a-hole sometimes. All of 'em.

The joy😍

A banner image advertising the course 'Archaeology for Local History: Living in a Material World' with several photographs of maps and archaeological sites.

Want to use archaeology in your local history research? In my new @ihr.bsky.social 'Discovery' short course (29 April-1 May 2026) you will learn where to locate and how to use records of surveys, excavations and finds in your area. Plus a visit to the @antiquaries.bsky.social library and...

I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.

If you know you're dealing with a hostile press, try not to be caught taking/not declaring freebies, etc, such an easy win for them. And aligns them with everything that was so bad about the tories. 'They're all the same' leads people towards Reform.

The party is giving a very effective helping hand to people who think this way.

It is really poor practice given how long it's been standard for people with lived experience and groups that represent them to be part of advisory boards, etc, the NIHR requires it these days. And they should be involved in designing the research not just commenting on it.

Congratulations! Sorry to hear that and I hope it has been sorted out now.

That's lovely.

Congratulations!

Hegemonies, Counter-Hegemonies, Anti-Hegemonies: The Theory and Politics of Social Control and Resistance A call for papers! The Midlands Conference in Critical Thought will be held on 21st and 22nd May 2026 at the University of Warwick. The ca...

A call for papers!

I guess they have finally dropped 'freedom fries'.

And what's more, it's not going to stop. He remains controversial and newsworthy and he's going to carry on being invited, because that's the kind of guest they want. Polanski is doing wonders for the Greens not because of his politics but because of the way he presents them.

Feminists had an opinion about how things should be long before there were options. Decide and then fight for it. Men rejecting the provider role = that idea has been around for decades in feminist thinking. 'House husband' became widely used in the 1970s. 'Stay at home dad' in the 90s.

Is this what men want? Conservatives glorify the SAHM and you can't have that alongside men that work reasonable hours in an average job. We all need to make a living, so yes the policies she suggests are about detoxifying work, family and domestic life.

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As you say, what's the point in starting a new party if you're going to import the toxic culture of the old one. I hope Shockat Adam stays involved though. He's my neighbouring MP and is proving to be really good, IMO.

But it's lovely!

As today is International Men's Day, it's important to highlight that male/masc individuals experiences of intimate partner violence victimisation (regardless of partner's gender) are vastly underreported.

Some research on this from Queen's University Belfast: www.cvocni.org/files/cvocni...