Frozen eggs become biological insurance
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Christy Jones says her idea for a business to freeze women&#39;s eggs came when her own biological clock alarm rang at age 32. It was 2002, and two of her close friends were having trouble becoming pregnant.
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Doctors have extracted, matured and frozen eggs from girls as young as five in a move that may allow children with cancer to become parents when they grow up, scientists said on Sunday.
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Women in the North are being offered half-price fertility treatment if they donate some eggs to research.
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The Food and Drug Administration this week proposed a regulation to improve the safety of shell eggs on the farm. Specifically the aim is to significantly reduce the number of illness caused by eggs contaminated with Salmonella Enteritidis (SE).
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UK scientists identify a molecule which may protect the body from developing food allergies.
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The first baby created from an egg matured in the lab, frozen, thawed and then fertilised, has been born.
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There are many ways to try to save endangered species, including freezing sperm and eggs for breeding programs. With fish, though, that approach is limited.
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Scientists identify a protein that helps detect DNA damage in developing eggs.
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Scientists find a way to make cells effectively immune to flu and other viruses.
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A growing number of couples are screening embryos to detect a predisposition to cancers that may or may not develop later in life, and are often treatable if they do.
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The British government has approved a plan to allow women to donate eggs for stem cell and cloning research and to be compensated for it &#151; an action that scientists hope will improve the supply of eggs.
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Thirteen children have been born to couples using frozen eggs in a development that could extend women&#39;s reproductive life, scientists reported yesterday.
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Women may be able to have unfertilised eggs routinely frozen during fertility treatment rather than just embryos after research.
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Scientists at Cambridge Biostability (CBL), UK have developed a new technology that can store and deliver vaccines without the need for refrigeration.
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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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Women could be paid up to Â£1,000 to donate their eggs to couples having IVF treatment, under plans being considered by the fertility watchdog.
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A Canadian mother has frozen her eggs for her seven-year-old daughter to use in the future.