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  • July 2008

    • Frozen Embryos Make Bigger Babies

      BBC  |  Jul 9, 08 1:57 PM CDT

      Frozen Embryos Make Bigger Babies

      (Newser) - When it comes to in vitro fertilization, frozen might be better than fresh, a new study shows. Infants born after being implanted in mothers' wombs as frozen embryos were no more likely than those from fresh stock to be born with congenital defects, the BBC reports; but they were also significantly heavier, and less likely to be born prematurely. More »

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      pregnancy  • scientific study  • Denmark  • infant  • embryo  • in vitro fertilization  • human embryos

  • May 2008

    • UK Approves Research on Human-Animal Embryos

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  May 20, 08 3:40 AM CDT

      UK Approves Research on Human-Animal Embryos

      (Newser) - British legislators have voted to allow scientists to create hybrid human-animal embryos for stem cell research, the Daily Telegraph reports. The new laws will give British scientists more freedom to pursue hybrid research than those of any other country. The vote passed by a huge margin after supporters of the research argued that it could someday save millions of lives. More »

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      genetics  • stem cells  • stem cell research  • embryo  • genetic research  • human embryos  • fetus

  • April 2008

    • Human-Animal Embryos Created

      Times (UK)  |  Apr 2, 08 6:14 AM CDT

      Human-Animal Embryos Created

      (Newser) - In a brave new world breakthrough, British scientists for the first time have created animal-human hybrid embryos, the London Times reports. The nuclei of cow eggs were removed and replaced with ones from a human cell, creating "admixed" embryos—or "cybrids" whose genetic material is 99.9% human. Electricity jolted the cybrids to life and they survived for three days. The research team aims to create longer-living cybrids for use in stem cell research. More »

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      stem cells  • stem cell research  • embryo  • scientists  • bioethics  • hybrid animal  • human embryos

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