Image by Bill Sanderson via the Wellcome Collection, © Wellcome Trust Ltd 1990. Depicts Laocoön and his family (from Greek and Roman mythology) entwined in coils of DNA.
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IVG (in vitro gametogenesis)
The full or partial creation of gametes (egg or sperm cells) outside the body.
This often, but not always, means creating gametes from stem cells.
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Image by Bill Sanderson via the Wellcome Collection, © Wellcome Trust Ltd 1990. Depicts Laocoön and his family (from Greek and Roman mythology) entwined in coils of DNA.
How IVG could challenge Singapore's laws on same-sex parenthood
Singapore does not recognise same-sex couples, so when they have children, typically only one partner is the legal parent. Dr Alexis Heng Boon Chin explores how IVG could, in future, allow same-sex couples to have a child with both partners' DNA, and how this could challenge the status quo...