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News - Announcements
June 2004
Pregnancies
from frozen eggs may help couples trapped by Italian law
(29.6.2004)
Berlin, Germany: Five children have been born conceived from previously
isolated and frozen egg cells, Italian scientists announced today (Wednesday
30 June 2004) at the 20th annual conference of the European Society for
Human Reproduction and Embryology. The method bears great promise for
patients who live in countries where embryo cryopreservation (freezing)
is prohibited, like Italy, or who object to embryo freezing for personal
reasons, said Dr. Paolo Levi Setti from the Istituto Clinico Humanitas
in Milan.
Le
monde arabe uni contre le clonage (17.6.2004)
Réuni àla Ligue Arabe au Caire la semaine dernière,
un comité d'experts représentant les ministères de
la justice des états arabes a rédigé un projet de
traité sur le clonage et la recherche sur l'embryon.
An
alternative to ovarian tissue freezing (16.6.2004)
Canadian doctors have reported a new method for preserving the fertility
of women undergoing cancer treatment, which they say offers an alternative
to embryo and ovarian tissue freezing. In a recent letter to the Lancet
medical journal, the team describe the removal of immature eggs from the
ovaries of young...
Organ-Trafficking
Laws in Key Countries (9.6.2004)
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