Q&amp;A: Preimplantation genetic diagnosis
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The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has said it will allow doctors to screen test tube embryos for an inherited form of cancer.
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The prospect of women routinely freezing unfertilised eggs for IVF has moved a step closer after research. Thirteen children were born after 68 couples underwent treatment by Italian doctors who froze unfertilised eggs.
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British scientists say they have created human embryos containing DNA from two women and a man in a procedure that researchers hope might be used one day to produce embryos free of inherited diseases.
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Religious belief is determined by a person&#39;s genetic make-up according to a study by a leading scientist. After comparing more than 2,000 DNA samples, an American molecular geneticist has
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A Belgian woman has given birth to the first baby born after an ovarian tissue transplant, a medical breakthrough that brings hope to young cancer patients whose fertility may be damaged by treatment.
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LONDON - The first baby conceived after an ovarian tissue transplant was born Thursday in Belgium in a procedure that could one day allow women to delay motherhood beyond menopause.    The birth, announced by The Lancet medical journal, which is to publish the results of the procedure Friday, marks the first time fertility has been restored to a woman after doctors cut out and froze some of her ovarian tissue and transplanted it back into her body years later...
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NEW YORK  - Children born as a result of in vitro fertilization (IVF) appear to be slightly taller than naturally conceived children, investigators in New Zealand report.
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British scientists have created human embryos containing DNA from two women and one man, a procedure that could potentially prevent conditions including epilepsy, diabetes and heart failure
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9. (Guardian News Service):The genetic profiles held by police for criminal investigations are not sophisticated enough to prevent false identifications, according to the father of DNA fingerprinting.
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During pregnancy, a blood test called alpha-fetoprotein can determine a woman's risk of having a child with birth defects. Now, new research suggests that this test can also predict a deadly problem that occurs after birth -- sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
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Britain&#39;s fertility regulator was to decide Wednesday whether to allow scientists to create human-animal hybrid embryos for research purposes, as experts downplayed ethical concerns.
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Scientists believe they have made an IVF breakthrough by creating a human embryo with three separate parents.
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Italys new restrictive law on assisted reproduction, introduced in March this year which made it illegal for doctors to carry out pre-natal genetic diagnosis of embryos has created a diaspora of couples seeking ...
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Scientists have identified the gene that controls a baby's first breath.
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The biological clock matters even if a would-be mother uses special reproductive technology. The rate of successful pregnancies using laboratory fertility techniques drops from 37 percent to about 4 percent as women get older, a new study shows.
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Experts identify a genetic trait which shows if a family has a high risk of having babies with cleft lips or palates.
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Description: Researchers meeting in San Antonio are reporting promising results about a new genetic test that can predict which breast cancer patients will benefit from chemotherapy.