IVF and the Alabama Supreme Court decision to protect embryos
Should jurisdictions strive to find a way to protect IVF, while acknowledging the moral status of the embryo?..
Should jurisdictions strive to find a way to protect IVF, while acknowledging the moral status of the embryo?..
by Dr Helena Carley and 4 others
Academics from Oxford University discuss the ethics surrounding preimplantation genetic screening tests, including the use of polygenic risk scores...
Two fertility clinic staff in Israel have been arrested over the transfer of embryos imported from Georgia, carrying a haemophilia B variant...
A new method of creating eggs from skin cells has been demonstrated in mice, and could have potential for treating infertility in future...
Stem cells collected from amniotic fluid during pregnancy can be grown into organoids to study organ development and improve prenatal diagnosis of medical conditions...
Despite the pain and confusion it has caused many IVF patients in Alabama, the Alabama Supreme Court's ruling that embryos had personhood, has forced many politicians and legislators in the USA to confront the impact of making reproductive care a political football…
145 genes have been identified as key to maintaining genome stability, protection, repair, and preventing DNA damage...
by Rachel Siden
A 62-year-old widow has received permission from the Western Australia Supreme Court to have her deceased husband's sperm extracted...
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