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Lesbians given equal birth rights

" Women in same-sex relationships can now register both their names on the birth certificate of a child conceived as a result of fertility treatment. Female couples not in a civil partnership but receiving...

opinion by Babel-Fish | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Swan

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...

opinion by Swan | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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magda.indigo

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...

created by Dave Keating | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Ureteric Bud - Ascent of kidney

This is a small diverticulum given off from the lower part of mesonephric duct. This bud grows towards the metanephros and gives rise to collecting system. As the uretric bud is growing towards the metanephric blastema its growing end becomes dilated to form Ampulla, which...

created by anthonylee6 | 4 years ago
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Obese Men Have Less Semen, More Sperm Abnormalities

Obese men should consider losing weight if they want to have children. Why? Read on -"Dr. A Ghiyath Shayeb, from the University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK, said that his research had shown that men with a higher body mass index (BMI) had lower volumes of seminal fluid and a...

created by ryanborja | 4 years ago
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Surrogacy Still Stigmatized, Though Attitudes Changing Among Younger Women

" ScienceDaily (July 7, 2008) — Although younger people are becoming more positive towards surrogate mothers, current day attitudes to surrogacy are still broadly negative, a scientist will tell the 24th annual conference of the European Society of Human...

created by truthoriented | 4 years ago
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merrie

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...