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BAS Annual Meeting, Bradford. Click
here for the programme
19th January 2012
Sperm banking guide for British Service Personnel
Today the
British Andrology Society has launched a list of clinics happy to
provide sperm banking to members of the armed forces. For the list
and more information please download the document
here
1st
December 2011
New British
Andrology Society Ctte elected
The EGM of the
British Andrology Society
has elected your new ctte. New Chair of the BAS, Professor Sheena
Lewis thanked the outgoing officers for their service to the
society.
24th
October 2011
British
Andrology Society Statement on changes to the UK donor system
announced by the HFEA
The British
Andrology Society welcomes the proposed changes to sperm-donor
compensation in the UK, announced by the HFEA. BAS are now engaging
with the HFEA about the timetable for these changes.
BAS Chairman Dr
Alireza Fazeli said "We look forward to working with the HFEA and
our members in how these changes are implemented"
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Welcome
The Society is multi-disciplinary and
draws its membership from a broad range of backgrounds encompassing
not just clinical and laboratory Andrology, but other associated
fields such as clinical Urology, Gynaecology, and Veterinary
Medicine, together with a wide range of scientific disciplines,
including Reproductive Biology, Endocrinology, Cytology,
Microbiology and Embryology.
Research plays a prominent role within
the Society, with areas of interest including spermatogenesis, semen
analyses, sperm function, fertilisation, contraception and
cryopreservation and improving outcomes of fertility treatment.
Training is also a key element and the Society organises and hosts
the UK 'ESHRE Basic Semen Analysis Course' which is key training
for all those operating in clinical Andrology to the new WHO
guidelines.
As the learned society for Andrology,
The British Andrology Society has produced guidelines for the
laboratories undertaking post-vasectomy semen analyses and the
screening of sperm donors.
The British Andrology Society is also
involved with the UK NEQAS, a specialist advisory group which is a
group involved with the UK NEQAS quality assurance scheme in
Andrology.
The British Andrology Society is
closely associated with other reproductive medicine societies such
as the British Fertility Society (BFS), Association of Clinical
Embryologists (ACE), Association of Biochemical Andrologists, the
Society for Reproduction and Fertility (SRF) and the European
Society of Human Fertilization and Embryology (ESHRE).
The Society also has representatives
on the Committees of the National Gamete Donation Trust (NGDT) and
the National Quality Assurance Panel in Andrology (Royal College of
Pathologists).
Professor Sheena Lewis
Chairman
December 2011
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