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Fertility Centre at Life
Research
Contact: (0191) 213 8213 - Reception
We believe that involvement in research and development is only way that infertility can be prevented and that fertility treatment can be improved. Therefore we have an active research programme in this department. This includes surveys about your views on your problems and at the treatments offered as well as laboratory investigations.
All research is carried out according to the regulations of the HFEA and the local Ethics committee. You may be asked if you would like to be involved in these studies. Nothing would be done without your written consent after you have received appropriate written information about the study. If you do not wish to participate you can be reassured that this would have no effect on your treatment.
Research regulations and approval
All research involving embryos is regulated by the HFEA and summaries of our current licensed projects are on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority website
All research must also be approved by the Local Ethics Committee. Details of their procedures are on the National Research Ethics Service website
We will ask you when you first come to discuss treatment if you have objections to this type of research. If so, we will respect that decision without question and we will not ask you about it again.
Whether or not you agree to research will have no impact on your clinical treatment. Our principal aim is to help you achieve a family and the research we carry out will not alter your chances of a pregnancy. We will only use embryos or eggs which are not required or not wanted for treatment and would otherwise be allowed to perish.
If you wish to know more about our research, we would be happy to discuss this with you when you come to the clinic. For more information please link onto our research link at the University of Newcastle or see our information leaflet on egg sharing for research.
