Study Suggests Way To Create New Eggs In Women
A series of experiments published in the journal Nature Medicine suggest young adult women have primitive stem cells that could generate new eggs. The findings are generating both excitement and...
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View Article'3-Parent Baby' Law Moves Forward In Britain
While the technique is often referred to by the shorthand "three-parent baby," the controversial process uses nuclear DNA from two parents and the mitochondrial DNA of a third donor.» E-Mail This
View ArticleElton John Leads Boycott Against Dolce & Gabbana Over 'Synthetic Children'...
Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana are locked in a public argument with Elton John over their recent remarks condemning in vitro fertilization and saying same-sex couples shouldn't raise children.»...
View ArticleAfter A Divorce, What Happens To A Couple's Frozen Embryos?
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View ArticleWill Genetic Advances Make Sex Obsolete?
Before long, human embryos will be made so easily in the laboratory that many people will choose that route for having children. The option would offer genetic control at an ethical price.
View ArticleStudy Suggests Way To Create New Eggs In Women
A series of experiments published in the journal Nature Medicine suggest young adult women have primitive stem cells that could generate new eggs. The findings are generating both excitement and...
View ArticleIVF Doesn't Raise Overall Risk For Childhood Cancers
Children conceived by in vitro fertilization have the same chance of developing leukemia and brain cancers as their peers, a large study in the U.K. finds. There was a slight increase in risk for two...
View Article1 Baby, 3 Parents: Scientists Say Due Date Is In Two Years
A medical procedure uses material from three people to target problems in mitochondria, the energy-producing organelles that have their own DNA.(Image credit: iStockphoto)
View Article'3-Parent Baby' Law Moves Forward In Britain
While the technique is often referred to by the shorthand "three-parent baby," the controversial process uses nuclear DNA from two parents and the mitochondrial DNA of a third donor.(Image credit: Jim...
View ArticleElton John Leads Boycott Against Dolce & Gabbana Over 'Synthetic Children'...
Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana are locked in a public argument with Elton John over their recent remarks condemning in vitro fertilization and saying same-sex couples shouldn't raise...
View ArticleAfter A Divorce, What Happens To A Couple's Frozen Embryos?
Former spouses who disagree over whether their embryos can be destroyed have taken their case to court. In the process, one thing has become clear: how far the law lags behind reproductive...
View ArticleA Transplanted Uterus Offers Hope, But Procedure Stirs Debate
At least one U.S. hospital is attempting uterine transplants for women born without a uterus, or who've lost it to disease. The surgery has yielded births in other nations, but poses real risks,...
View ArticleWill Genetic Advances Make Sex Obsolete?
Before long, human embryos will be made so easily in the laboratory that many people will choose that route for having children. The option would offer genetic control at an ethical price.(Image...
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Aiming to find a cheaper, easier way than IVF to ensure human embryos are healthy before implantation, researchers paid women to be inseminated, then flushed the embryos from their wombs for...
View ArticleHer Own Birth Was 'Fertility Fraud' And Now She Needs Fertility Treatment
Years ago, doctors sometimes lied about whose sperm they used for artificial inseminations. Could it happen now? Some argue regulation is weak in the multibillion dollar fertility treatment...
View ArticleStudy Suggests Way To Create New Eggs In Women
A series of experiments published in the journal Nature Medicine suggest young adult women have primitive stem cells that could generate new eggs. The findings are generating both excitement and...
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