In groundbreaking, new studies, genetics engineers have managed to create monkeys that have none of their parents' mutations, which are usually passed from one generation to the other via mitochondrial DNA. In their experiments, the research team, from the Oregon National Primate Research Center, in Beaverton, s... |
27 August 2009
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According to media reports, a Tunisian teacher is about to break OctoMom's record of octuplets, as she is reportedly pregnant with 12 babies. The news came as a shock to everyone, and, if it verifies, it could be that this number is among the highest ever recorded in case of an in-vitro fertilization (IVF) proce... |
18 August 2009
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Maria del Carmen Bousada de Lara was 67 when she gave birth to healthy twins in 2007. Holding her boys in her arms, she was saying at the time longevity ran in her family, but a little over two years she passed away from cancer, as El Pais informs. In the aftermath of her death and leaving her children orphans, the d... |
16 July 2009
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Although many may think of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) as to a relatively new reproductive method, the truth is that it has been operating at full speed for at least a decade. Data collected by experts between 2000 and 2002 revealed the fact that the number of children obtained through artificial insemination during... |
28 May 2009
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It would appear that children conceived through in-vitro fertilization (IVF) have a higher chance of developing more medical conditions during the first months of life than those conceived naturally, a newly published research shows. The experts behind the investigation show that the trend is especially valid for twi... |
21 May 2009
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Although surprising, the new discovery confirms once again that freezing the embryos after fertilization does not harm them in any way. During a study regarding children born both as a result of conventional In Vitro Fertilization and through IVF using frozen embryos, Anja Pinborg of the Copenhagen University Hospita... |
8 July 2008
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After running through all options, in vitro fertilization (IVF) is the last stop. By then, most women are already around their 40's. But with the increasing age, the chances to give birth to malformed or genetically diseased babies are high. That's why many of these women undergo pre-implantation genetic ... |
5 July 2007
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What seemed to be a great problem could turn into a boon: couple that have children through in vitro fertilization (IVF) apparently have them ...bigger and healthier! Previously, it was known only that these children have a low risk of developing congenital abnormalities. In the first long-term research monitoring th... |
4 July 2007
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