Maine's lone in vitro center closing

Maine's only in vitro fertilization center is closing.

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EU Court Rules on in Vitro Dispute

The European Court of Justice, clarifying an Austrian labor dispute, ruled against a Salzburg woman's claim that she had been entitled to labor protection when she was fired while pursuing in vitro fertilization.

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Micheal Jackson and his then wife, Debbie Rowe apparently conceived their two children by first having the sperm (not Jackson's) and the egg (not Rowe's) fertilized outside the womb before having each implanted. This means neither is the biological parent of their two children.

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Females: What is a man good for anymore?

For better or worse, prior to the female equality movement, a man's roles were defined. Among them were these: 1- Provide sperm for creation of a family. 2- Provide economic support for the family via wages, etc. 3- Defend the family. 4- Serve as an example of proper male  …

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Excerpt: Today Nadya Suleman revealed the location of her in vitro fertilization (IVF) clinic (Beverly Hills) and RadarOnline quoted her mother calling Nadya's decision to have a multiple pregnancy -- when she already has six children -- "unconscionable." By now the early current …

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How in the world does a woman with six children get a fertility doctor to help her have more — eight more? An ethical debate erupted Friday after it was learned that the Southern California woman who gave birth to octuplets this week had six children already.

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An uproar over the birth of octuplets was percolating Friday amid revelations the mother has six other kids and used fertility treatments to get pregnant again. The medical establishment opened an investigation into why so many embryos were implanted in Nadya Suleman, 33, during …

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The question of whether insulin-producing cells of the pancreas can regenerate is key to our understanding of diabetes, and to the further development of regenerative therapies against the disease.

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Benitez sued North Coast Women's Care, a fertility clinic in Vista (San Diego County), and two of its doctors who refused in 2000 to provide intrauterine insemination.

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The boys are the first identical triplets known to be born on Long Island in almost 15 years. Estimates on the odds of identical triplets being born range from 1 in every 60,000 births to 1 in 200 million births, said Dr. Victor Klein, who delivered the three boys

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Trials of a "silicon womb" that holds test-tube embryos inside the womb to expose them to more natural conditions will shortly begin in the UK. Researchers say the new device may produce better quality embryos and reduce the need to harvest so many eggs from infertile women.

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Benton Smith is the "spitting image" of his father; a father he's never known, since Brian Smith was killed in Iraq two years before his birth. Brian's widow, Kathleen, made the decision to have his baby using sperm that was frozen prior to his deployment.

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A Florida woman gave birth to her own grandchildren through in vitro fertilization after her daughter was treated for cervical cancer.

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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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Human-animal hybrid embryos conceived in the laboratory - so-called "chimeras" - should be regarded as human and their mothers should be allowed to give birth to them, the Roman Catholic Church said yesterday.

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