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NEWS ABOUT: in vitro fertilization

in vitro fertilization stories: 48 news summaries

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And Baby Makes ... Too Many?

Docs want to cut number of multiple births from fertility treatment

Feb 19, 08 12:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Fertility doctors are beginning to wonder whether they're too successful. With in vitro fertilization prompting a 70% increase in the rate of multiple births since 1980, some are espousing a switch to single-embryo transfer. The procedure lowers the success rate but also lowers the rate of multiple births, with their... More »

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Sperm Donation Not
'Taxable Labor' for Danes

Sperm banks warned identity disclosure would kill the thriving exports

Feb 6, 08 7:12 AM CST
(Newser) - The Danish government has thought better of a plan to tax earnings from sperm donation just as it taxes any other job, Der Spiegel reports. The catch is that it would have required donors to disclose their identities, which sperm banks said would drive away 93% of their business.... More »

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Pregnancies Outsourced to India

Western couples 'renting' wombs of Indian women

Dec 31, 07 6:54 AM CST
(Newser) - A town in India, where more than 50 women are currently pregnant with the children of Western couples, has hatched a booming industry in commercial surrogacy, dubbed "wombs for rent." The women in Anand have been impregnated with the sperm and eggs of US, British and other couples... More »

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Embryonic Stem-Cell Issue Still Dogs GOP

Pols can't nix research and back in-vitro
clinics: Time writer

Dec 2, 07 9:02 AM CST
(Newser) - Last week's breakthrough in stem-cell research—the creation of cells from skin rather than embryos—is a tremendous scientific advance, writes Michael Kinsley in Time magazine. But the new science doesn't let hypocritical GOP politicians dodge the controversy over embryonic stem cells: They will still be risking human lives with... More »

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stem cell research • stem cells • in vitro fertilization • GOP • Parkinson's disease • embryo • morals

We Can Grow Human Eggs in the Lab: Docs

New procedure safer, avoids hormone risks and invasive surgery

Sep 22, 07 9:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Doctors in England have developed a new method for growing human eggs in the lab that would allow busy women to delay motherhood for years, the Daily Telegraph reports. The procedure, announced today, involves extracting and treating a tiny piece of a woman's ovary. It improves on current in-vitro fertilization... More »

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UK Weighs Revolution
in IVF Rules

Bill would require birth certificates to note donor involvement

Aug 1, 07 6:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Legislation pending in Britain proposes sweeping changes to fertility laws, including requiring birth certificates to note whether a baby was conceived through in vitro fertilization and an easing of restrictions on so-called "savior siblings." Parents choose to have such children in part because their blood or bone marrow... More »

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Embryos Screened for Cancer Risk

Targeting breast cancer gene raises fears
of "designer babies"

Apr 26, 07 10:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - The British government is poised to OK a procedure that screens embryos for genes that greatly increase the risk—but do not necessarily cause—breast cancer. Two couples with strong family histories of the disease are expected to pioneer the technique, already approved in principle, and crank up the debate... More »

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cancer • breast cancer • genetics • science • designer baby • in vitro fertilization • genetic testing • genetic screening • embryo

UK Women Limited to
One Embryo

Agency will ration IVF to stem problematic multiple births

Apr 2, 07 8:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - British women trying to get pregnant via In Vitro Fertilization will be limited to having one embryo implanted at a time, in a move by the government to stem the surge of problematic multiple births, the Guardian reports. Only women with particularly low chances of conception will still be allowed... More »

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