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ART in the News: Weekend Round-Up Edition: “Frankenstein Science,” Quadruplets, A Gene for Infertility, and More
Cheryl Miller
For years, sperm banks have focused solely on sperm donors and the women they get pregnant—not the offspring they produce. That’s about
to change
.
Who’s more likely to be treated
: a premature infant, or an older patient with a lower chance of survival?
“
Frankenstein Science
“: Has Britain lost its way?
“The hardest decision is knowing
when to stop treatment
. You always think, ‘What if the next one works?'”
Do all women have
the right to become mothers
?
An unusual set of
quadruplets
: A Nigerian woman gives birth to identical twins
and
fraternal twins.
“You can walk in and say your sister got pregnant and everyone else will say ‘Oh my God,
we hate her too
.'”
Germany
decries
Britain’s new ART law.
A gene for infertility
?
More repro-lit: The
pregnant man
writes a memoir. A new play about
how people become parents
.
Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards feud over
“sperm donation” email
.
Natural remedies
for infertility? Acupuncture gains popularity.
The “
next big advance in IVF
“: DNA fingerprinting.
Babies born preterm are more than twice as likely to have
major birth defects
as full-term infants.
Conceptions
May 27, 2008
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