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Preliminary results from a pioneering study at Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ paint a positive picture of the relationships formed between surrogates and the families they help to create. 

Carers’ week (10-16 June) will focus on the 6.5 million people who are carers. Many are providing palliative care for a relative or friend at home. A new tool has been developed to identify carers’ needs during end-of-life care at home and enable them to work more smoothly with healthcare professionals. 

Sophie Zadeh, a PhD candidate in the Centre for Family Research, is contributing to a new study of the well-being of single mothers by sperm donation and their children. Her initial findings confound many of the assumptions about this group of women. 

Research into adoptive families headed by same-sex couples paints a positive picture of relationships and wellbeing in these new families. ̽»¨Ö±²¥study, which was carried out by Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥, suggests that adoptive families with gay fathers might be faring particularly well. 

Each year in the UK over a thousand children are conceived using donor tissue. Many parents find it hard to tell their children that they were donor conceived. Bioethicist John Appleby, from Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥â€™s Centre for Family Research, is looking at some of the ethical questions surrounding disclosure.

Siblings, and even sibling rivalry, can have a positive effect on children’s early development and their ability to form social relationships later in life, according to a new study.

A team studying the psychological well-being of children created by assisted reproduction has been awarded a prize for their work.