A mature female reproductive cell (egg cell), which contains half the genetic information needed to make a new human.
Scientists based in Newcastle, UK, have created cloned human embryos, one of which grew in the laboratory for five days. The team is one of only two UK groups licensed by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) to carry out 'therapeutic cloning' research. The achievement, currently being considered for...
BioNews reporting from ESHRE conference, Madrid: A study presented at the annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology conference in Madrid, Spain, has suggested a future way of harvesting eggs from aborted fetuses. Researchers from Israel and the Netherlands presented the results of a preliminary study...
Fertility experts meeting at the annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in Vienna have strongly criticised the contents of a bill to regulate assisted reproduction and related techniques that is currently before the lower house of the Italian parliament. The Italian bill has been described...
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