Couple May Sue Over Discarded Embryo
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A couple whose frozen embryo was accidentally destroyed at a fertility clinic has the right in Illinois to file a wrongful-death lawsuit, a judge has ruled in a case that some legal experts say could have implications in the debate over embryonic stem cell research.
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Chinese &quot;twins&quot; have sued a hospital over an apparent mix up of babies 21 years ago until they were reunited by chance and neighbours&#39; complaints.
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By Marie McCullough, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Feb. 19--When the subject is stem cell research, the term embryo is not only ethically charged, but increasingly hard to define.   Now, University of Pennsylvania researchers have stretched the definition even further.
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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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A couple that unknowingly adopted a child with HIV is suing Alameda County. They say health care workers should have tested their little girl for AIDS.
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The nation&#39;s fertility clinics vary widely when it comes to how they perform one of the most delicate aspects of their jobs: disposing of unused frozen human embryos that were created to help infertile women become
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An older womanâs slim chances of becoming pregnant could be made worse if embryos are screened for defects before being implanted into the womb.
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Scientists believe they have discovered how a condition that can threaten pregnancy could occur.
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Egg and sperm donors could be paid thousands of pounds in expenses under plans being considered.
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By DAVID B. CARUSO    PHILADELPHIA  -- The nation's fertility clinics vary widely when it comes to how they perform one of the most delicate aspects of their jobs: disposing of unused frozen human embryos that were created to help infertile women become pregnant...
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A $10 million dollar lawsuit has been filed by the family of Joyce Ann Hafford, a pregnant woman who died while taking experimental AIDS drugs.
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The Supreme Court considered Wednesday whether companies that voluntarily seek to clean up their polluted land can sue former owners to get help with the costs. The case could have important ramifications for communities with abandoned toxic plants, landfills and mines.
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A County Down couple get the go-ahead to begin embryo screening treatment which could save their son's life.
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A lesbian couple in Australia are suing their doctor after they had twin girls from an in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedure when they only wanted one child.
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Couples who have undergone fertility treatment would rather donate their unused embryos to stem-cell medical research than have them destroyed or passed on to other infertile couples, a new survey finds.
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Britain's most controversial fertility doctor is to be sued by patients treated at a clinic that was operating without a licence
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The widower of a woman who died at Brigham &amp; Women's Hospital while delivering her first child is suing the hospital, alleging that doctors accidentally damaged at least two arteries during the emergency delivery, then disregarded signs that she was bleeding to death.