The UK’s first womb transplant is set to take place next year as part of a clinical trial in which 10 women will get the chance to carry their own babies. Following the birth of a baby boy last year after a successful procedure in Sweden, the Health Research Authority has granted ethical approval for 10
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Boston researchers conducting a prospective cohort study found that women who already had children, who were older, current smokers, or had a higher BMI were less likely to report having a medical evaluation for infertility than younger, slimmer, non-smoking, childless women. Using data from the Nurses’ Health Study II, researchers at Harvard’s TH Chan School
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The husband and wife from the USA who became happy parents at once of two couple of twins in the last years don’t plan to have more children for obvious reasons in the nearest future. The remained embryos received after IVF procedure they decided to give away to one childless couple. Thanks to the extracorporal
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Quite unusual concert took place in Barcelona. In the IVF clinic over Institut Marques the singer Antonio Orosko played the guitar for embryos. At the same time approximately 380 listeners in incubators enjoyed the performance of Spanish musician. Orosko agreed to participate in this unusual project For the researches of the IVF clinic. The doctors
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The scientists established that men’s sperm with age obtains the properties, because of which increases the probability of appearing of different anomalies in future posterity caused by genetic defects. It is known that with age increases the risk of development of autism, schizophrenia and other psychological disorders in successors. The British scientists from the University
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Allison Noyce was told she could not have children after early menopause The 36-year-old was afraid she had cancer when she felt lump in stomach Instead, medics told her she was pregnant and she gave birth 12 days later Mrs Noyce and husband were overcome with ‘sheer joy’ at Sophie’s arrival Doctors have no idea
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MUMBAI: A woman who has attained motherhood through a surrogacy procedure is entitled to six months maternity leave like any other woman, the Bombay High Court has ruled. “Having considered rules 551(C) and(E) of Child Adoption Leave and Rules, we find that a case is made out for grant of interim relief as there is nothing
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When you make a baby, half of the genetic information comes from the mom and half from the dad, right? Turns out, not exactly. Research from the emerging field of epigenetics, or outside factors that influence genes, shows that info in the mother’s egg plays a crucial role in the development of the placenta—and, therefore, in
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