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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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IVF 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...

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1 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.» E-Mail This

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'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

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Elton 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.»...

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After 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 technology.»...

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A 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, too.

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Will 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.

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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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IVF 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...

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1 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)

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'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...

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Elton 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...

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Image may be NSFW.
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After 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...

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Image may be NSFW.
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A 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,...

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Will 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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Twin Birthrate Drops For First Time Since The '80s

The twin birthrate nearly doubled between 1980 and 2014. Now it's going down among white mothers. What's behind the change?(Image credit: JGI/Jamie Grill/Getty Images)

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Embryo Research To Reduce Need For In Vitro Fertilization Raises Ethical...

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...

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Her 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...

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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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