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Debate Over Genetic Screening of Embryos as New Tests Emerge
As more families opt for pre-implantation genetic diagnosis to screen embryos for inherited diseases, determining the regulatory and ethical guidelines to govern such screenings is “proving diff… more →
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Focus On Argentina: Treating Infertility Abroad
wrote 3 months ago: by Fertility Argentina | PlacidWay Infertility afflicts millions of couples around the world. Assist … more →
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD)
wrote 4 months ago: Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) involves the following steps: Ovulation Induction and Monito … more →
IVF, PGD...AOK!
wrote 4 months ago: When I first started this blog, I fully planned on posting at least weekly. Well, as they say … more →
Inspiration for 'My Sister's Keeper' Speaks Out
wrote 6 months ago: 6/22/09 The acknowledged inspiration for Jodi Picoult’s My Sister’s Keeper novel about a … more →
"Family Balancing": Should We Tinker With Nature?
wrote 7 months ago: Istockphoto The response to the news that I’m pregnant with a girl has been joy, as well as … more →
Designer babies are good, but don't come with a satisfaction guarantee
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wrote 9 months ago: There’s this story going around concerning designer babies, supposedly trying to show how horr … more →
Debate Over Genetic Screening of Embryos as New Tests Emerge
wrote 9 months ago: As more families opt for pre-implantation genetic diagnosis to screen embryos for inherited diseases … more →
New Zealand not so good anymore
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wrote 9 months ago: It’s a shame too. The Bioethics Council of New Zealand (aka ‘Toi te Taiao’), the s … more →
Significant minority favour designer babies
wrote 11 months ago: The results of a recent study into public opinion on reproductive genetics (reprogenetics) have been … more →
Baroness Deech on embryo screening
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wrote 11 months ago: Genetic screening of embryos does not discriminate against the disabled population, said Baroness Ru … more →
Birth of first UK baby screened for genetic breast cancer
wrote 11 months ago: The first baby to be screened for alterations in the breast cancer-causing gene, BRCA1, was born las … more →
Baby born with less chance of getting cancer, and people are upset
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wrote 12 months ago: In the United Kingdom, a child has been born without a mutated allele of the BRCA1 gene, a gene know … more →
Prevention always better than cure
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wrote 1 year ago: by Superior A.R.T. PGD offers a wide range of reproductive options “Shadow is just an 11-month … more →
Applications of PCR
wrote 1 year ago: The Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) has found widespread application in many areas of genetic analys … more →
UK Couple to Test Embryos for high Cholesterol disorder
wrote 1 year ago: UK doctors are expected to receive permission to help a couple avoid passing on a hereditary conditi … more →
Couple suing over child selection "blunder''
wrote 1 year ago: An Australian couple has launched an action in the Supreme Court of Victoria against the health se … more →
Wednesday's Words of Worry
wrote 1 year ago: I know I’m supposed to be giving you some Wisdom to counter last week’s Worry, but I … more →
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
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wrote 1 year ago: My Sister’s Keeper deals with a controversial subject that will have readers questioning the m … more →
The Future of Our Families? - 'My Sister’s Keeper' (Picoult, 2004)
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wrote 2 years ago: To date only a handful of, so called, ‘saviour siblings’ have been born worldwide. These children (t … more →
