News tagged with reproductive technology
Probing Question: Should society regulate reproductive technologies?
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May 28, 2009 |
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It is not generally considered polite to ask people how their children were conceived. We tend to view reproduction as a private matter, something that happens behind closed doors, and stays there. But recent ...
Worldwide report shows increase in assisted reproduction: 250,000 babies a year
May 27, 2009 |
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Assisted reproductive technology (ART) is responsible for an estimated 219,000 to 246,000 babies born each year worldwide according to an international study. The study also finds that the number of ART procedures is growing ...
Octuplets' birth raises bioethical questions
Feb 04, 2009 |
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The birth of octuplets to a Southern California woman has raised several thorny ethical questions and trained a spotlight on the practice of reproductive medicine.
Frozen assets: Who gets the embryos when a couple splits?
Dec 02, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Divorcing couples have always fought over property, income and custody of children. But technology has added an even more contentious item to the list: the frozen embryos the couple created ...
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Cloning technology could be used on humans
Apr 15, 2008 |
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A U.S. researcher said a new cloning technique could be used by unethical scientists to develop a way to create designer babies.
Calm before the spawn: Climate change and coral spawning
Nov 04, 2009 |
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What's the point of setting up marine reserves to protect coral reefs from pollution, ship groundings and overfishing if climate change could cause far more damage? A study published this week in London in Proceedings of ...
Obesity significantly cuts odds of successful pregnancy
Nov 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Obese women are as much as 28 percent less likely to become pregnant and have a successful pregnancy, according to research that earned a Michigan State University professor a national award.
IVF insurance coverage yields fewer multiple births, researchers find
Oct 20, 2009 |
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The proportion of in vitro fertilization (IVF) multiple births was lower in the eight states that provide insurance coverage for couples seeking IVF treatment, primarily due to fewer embryos transferred per cycle, Yale School ...
New research provides insight into menopause
Mar 31, 2008 |
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Insight into why females of some species undergo menopause while others do not has proven elusive despite an understanding of the biological mechanisms behind the change.
Laptops Linked to Male Infertility
Jun 12, 2009 |
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While fatherhood might be far from the minds of most young men, behavior patterns they establish early on may impact their ability to become a dad later in life. Excessive laptop use tops this list of liabilities, ...
New treatment could double pregnancy rates
Apr 15, 2008 |
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Pregnancy rates could be doubled for couples undertaking fertility treatment, thanks to a revolutionary project being trialled by the University of Adelaide.
Hope for men with nonobstructive infertility
Dec 03, 2009 |
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It has been thought that men with non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA), a lack of sperm in the semen not caused by an obstruction within the reproductive system, are poor candidates for IVF. Now, researchers writing in the open ...
What to do with leftover embryos in fertility clinics?
Sep 24, 2008 |
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The majority of infertility patients are in favor of using left-over embryos for stem cell research and would also support selling left-over embryos to other couples, according to a recent survey.
Bioethicists lead call for public debates on future uses of stem cells
Jul 02, 2009 |
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More than 40 scientists, bioethicists, lawyers and science journal editors are calling on their colleagues, policy makers and the public to begin developing guidelines for the research and reproductive use of stem cell-derived ...
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