Ohio Woman Gives Up In-Vitro Fertilized Baby

Carolyn Savage, an Ohio woman, had been wanting a child, but due to medical condition is not able to have a baby. Savage and her husband, Sean had decided to use IVF (in-vitro fertilization). Twelve weeks into the...

Japanese Scientists Grow Teeth In Mice

Scientists in Japan have managed to grow fully functional teeth in mice using stem cells, and are hopeful the same technique can be used to grow human organs in the future. The researchers created a seed...

Chinese scientists create pig stem cells

A biochemistry and cell biology institute in Shanghai declared that they have succeeded in changing cells from pigs into embryonic-like stem cells.The scientists at the institute claim that the cells were capable...

Scrambled Eggs Aborting a fetus because it's not yours.

I'm surprised that there are doctors who specialize in IVF treatment that insert the wrong embryo in a mother's womb. This is quite shocking coming from a doctor based in Japan., especially since Japan donates alot of funds to poor countries that are in need of a wide range...

Now Possible to Design Your Own Baby

Once again, the stuff of science fiction has not only arrived but has been put into action with success.  This time, it is being able to design your own baby. The science is called PGD or Preimplantation...

Mother of Octuplets and Six Other Kids Sparks Ethical Debate

The world looked on in astonishment when a woman gave birth to 8 live-born babies earlier this week, and relief when doctors announced that the octuplets were "feisty" and mostly breathing on their own.  ...

First UK baby screened for cancer due

The birth of the first baby in the UK to be screened free of a breast cancer inherited gene will be born soon. The treatment which sees a planned pregnancy approach with embryos containing the gene for breast...

UK parliament backs animal-human embryo research

The Parliament in the UK has approved legislation that will allow scientists to create animal-human embryos. The legislation comes among discussion of revising the UK's abortion laws."The lower house of parliament...

Microscope shows first hours of developing embryo

A new high-powered microscope has allowed scientists to watch a zebrafish develop from a single cell into an embryo with a beating heart, the first time this has been possible in vertebrates. They created a...

Spinal Cord Injury Stem Cell Technology Gives Hope

A great new breakthrough may be able to heal spinal cord injuries, without murdering unborn children to get at the stem cells.  Many people who value human life have argued against stem cell technology...

Australia to Clone Human Embryos for Stem Cell Research

Australian in-vitro fertilization firm Sydney IVF has been granted a license to clone human embryos in order to obtain embryonic stem cells.  The firm reports that it has 7,200 human eggs available towards this research, and if they are successful in extracting embryonic...

Fertility clinics urged to use single embryo

IVF and Surrogacy have become very popular among expectant parents. Lot of people all over the world uses assisted reproductive mechanism. But sometime due to more than single embryo multiple pregency happens and it creates for the mothers. Now Doctors have made an...

UK politicians back hybrid embryo research

This is the first in a set of votes in the UK parliament this week on issues including abortion limits, the role of fathers in IVF, and so-called "saviour siblings".Do you think the creation of human-animal...

Brown in plea for embryo research

While not as controversial as in the United States, stem cell research is stil a debated topic in the UK." Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on Sunday for members of parliament to support research using embryonic...

Girl's twin found inside her stomach

"ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- A nine-year-old girl who went to hospital suffering from stomach pains was found to be carrying her embryonic twin, doctors in central Greece said Thursday. Doctors at Larissa General Hospital examined the girl and surgically removed a growth they...

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