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THE EMBRYO DILEMMADonating embryos for research may be easier said than doneBy Shari Roan, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer October 6, 2008CHRIS AND TANYA Bailey of Mission Viejo have a 3-year-old and triplet toddlers, all conceived through in vitro fertilization. After the birth of the triplets, they had 13 embryos
What a coincidence! Check out the last name of reporter who writes this story about PGD is “Goodchild”. British couple have entire family using embryo screeningBy Sophie Goodchild A couple have become one of the first in Britain to conceive their entire family through a genetic screening technique. oanne and
SD2008: What is your position on government regulation and funding of stem cell research? Obama: I believe that the restrictions that President Bush has placed on funding of human embryonic stem cell research have handcuffed our scientists and hindered our ability to compete with other nations. As president, I
Scientists Reprogram Adult Cells’ FunctionAdvance Stirs Up Debate on Embryos By Rob SteinWashington Post Staff WriterThursday, August 28, 2008; A01 Scientists have transformed one type of fully developed adult cell directly into another inside a living animal, a startling advance that could lead to cures for a variety of
What place do “saviour siblings” have in paediatric transplantation: establishing the role of pre-implantation genetic diagnosis with HLA typing Background: Not all children in need of a haematopoietic stem cell transplant have a suitable relative or unrelated donor available. Recently, in vitro fertilization (IVF) with pre-implantation genetic diagnosis