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First Babies Born In IVF Genetic Screening Trial |
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Sunday, 17 October 2010 15:23 |
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Two women have given birth to three healthy babies from eggs screened for genetic defects prior to in-vitro fertilization, the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) announced on Friday.
The babies, twin girls born in Germany in June and a boy born in Italy in September, are the first deliveries in the controlled pilot study, which is the first of its kind anywhere in the world.
The new screening technique, known as comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) by microarray, could one day improve IVF success rates by screening oocytes for a full range of chromosomal disorders, the doctors said.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 04 November 2010 01:37 |
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Friday, 25 June 2010 03:26 |
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Scientists can now make living cells with man-made DNA. What are the implications?
Scientists recently announced a bold step in the quest to create artificial life: a living cell powered by man-made DNA has been created and is self replicating. The synthetic cell, produced at the J. Craig Venter Institute in San Diego, was designed by a computer and made in a lab, which implies that natural DNA is no longer required to create genes. To many, it sounds like researchers have created artificial life.
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