Embryo adoption for UK
Couples who have surplus embryos after undergoing in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment may be able to put them up for 'adoption' if a scheme currently being piloted in the US is set up over here. British fertility specialists indicated that a national registry of embryos would be extremely useful for...
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What's wrong with selecting embryos?
by Juliet Tizzard
This week's BioNews includes news from the United States that a New York fertility clinic has started an 'embryo adoption' scheme. The scheme has sparked controversy because the embryos available for donation are catalogued according to the physical and intellectual attributes of their genetic parents. Another apparent eyebrow-raiser is that...