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NEWS ABOUT: fertility clinic

fertility clinic stories: 11 news summaries

(AP) - The biological parents of a baby boy born to a woman implanted with the wrong embryo say they will remain "eternally grateful" for her decision to turn the baby over to them. The Toledo woman gave birth to a health baby boy this week after a fertility clinic mistakenly... More »

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baby • embryo • birth • fertility clinic

 UC Settles 
 Suits in 
 Embryo 
 Thefts 

'Our kids are still out there,' says heartbroken mom

Sep 11, 09 2:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The University of California Board of Regents has quietly paid $4.2 million to settle a dozen lawsuits linked to doctors who stole embryos in an Irvine fertility clinic, reports the Los Angeles Times. The physicians fled the US after it was discovered 14 years ago that they moved eggs... More »

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fertility • crime • theft • lawsuit • settlement • fertility treatment • University of California Irvine • fertility clinic • UC Irvine • doctors • settlements • UC

 US Doc Boasts  
 He Implanted 11 
 Human Clones 

'The cloned child is coming,' says controversial physician

Apr 22, 09 5:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - A controversial American fertility doctor is boasting that he cloned 14 human embryos and implanted 11 of them them into women, reports the Independent. None of the tranfers led to a viable pregnancy. A documentary filmmaker recorded the procedures involving four women who had hoped to become the first mothers... More »

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pregnancy • fertility • physician • doctor • human embryos • fertility clinic • clone • implanted embryos • human clones • Panayiotis Zavos

(Newser) - The Obama administration will issue new guidelines significantly expanding the scope of stem cell research in July, though some caveats leave scientists dubious, the New York Times reports. The new rules will likely allow federal funds to flow to researchers using surplus embryos created in fertility clinics, a practice... More »

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stem cell research • stem cells • organs • human embryos • fertility clinic • National Institutes of Health • Obama administration

(Newser) - Nadya Suleman became a national sensation this week, receiving death threats and a getting the business end of critical interview with her own mother, but she says she’s doing just fine. "I'm OK, and the babies are good," she told Us Weekly reporters today outside her home.... More »

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in vitro fertilization • mothers • baby • fertility treatment • infants • fertility clinic • multiple births • octuplets • Nadya Suleman

Octuplet Doc Implanted 7 Embryos in Woman, 49

Woman who wanted on baby is now pregnant with quadruplets

Feb 13, 09 4:21 AM CST
(Newser) - A 49-year-old woman who went to the controversial fertility specialist responsible for Nadya Suleman's octuplets is now pregnant with quadruplets, even though she wanted only one baby, the Los Angeles Times reports. Dr. Michael Kamrava transferred at least seven embryos—made from eggs donated by a woman in her late... More »

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pregnancy • in vitro fertilization • baby • quadruplets • fertility treatment • fertility clinic • multiple births • Nadya Suleman • Michael Kamrava

 Patients Push 
 Fertility Docs for 
 Extra Embryos 

Though hazardous, many parents take the risk to up their odds of having kids

Feb 12, 09 2:40 PM CST
(Newser) - While Nadya Suleman's octuplets remain the in vitro exception, about 30% of such procedures result in multiple births. One attempt can cost $12,000, so patients regularly implore docs to up their pregnancy chances by planting multiple embryos—even though medical guidelines push for the transfer of no more than... More »

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fertility • in vitro fertilization • children • baby • fertility clinic • multiple births • doctors • octuplets

Controversial Clinic Treated Octuplets' Mom

'Struggling' mother
of 14 already
collecting food stamps

Feb 10, 09 3:26 AM CST
(Newser) - All 14 children of octuplets mom Nadja Suleman were conceived at the same controversial Beverly Hills fertility clinic, reports AP. California is probing the case for possible ethics violations. Doctors "did nothing wrong," Nadja Suleman insisted in a Today Show interview. She also said she does not plan... More »

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in vitro fertilization • fertility treatment • fertility clinic • multiple births • octuplets • Nadya Suleman

Analysis

Identify Sperm Donors?
Risks May Outweigh Benefits

Medical history often crucial to children, but repository could discourage donors

Jan 27, 09 8:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Mindful that genetic profiling helps diagnose disease, US fertility clinics are looking for a way to give donor-conceived children access to their fathers’ medical records—without imperiling the industry, writes Cheryl Miller in Reason. A US registry appears imminent, though transparency laws in Europe have resulted in a huge drop... More »

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fertility • parents • sperm bank • sperm donors • fertility clinic

(Newser) - In an unusual sign of the slowing economy, more women are applying to donate eggs or become surrogate mothers at fertility clinics, reports the Wall Street Journal. Surrogates can make about $25,000; while eggs usually sell for $3,000 to $8,000, one agency's ad offers $25,000 for... More »

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motherhood • fertility clinic • surrogates • egg donors • financial crisis

UK Military Wives Freezing Husbands' Sperm

More women planning for kids should husbands die in combat

Feb 17, 08 7:35 PM CST
(Newser) - More UK military wives are freezing their husbands' sperm before the men serve in the Middle East. One London fertility clinic expected interest from soldiers but was surprised by the "wives and girlfriends who want to have children should anything happen," a spokesman said. But servicemen must give... More »

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fertility • sperm • United Kingdom • embryo • soldier • British military • fertility clinic • War Widows Association of Great Britain

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