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A New View of My Own Past
A New View of My Own Past
Hearing others’ perspectives on infertility and pregnancy has me reconsidering my own reproductive journey.
A New View of My Own Past
A New View of My Own Past

Hearing others’ perspectives on infertility and pregnancy has me reconsidering my own reproductive journey.

Hearing others’ perspectives on infertility and pregnancy has me reconsidering my own reproductive journey.

in vitro fertilization (IVF)

Baby Born from Egg that Was Matured and Frozen in the Lab
Catherine Offord | Feb 19, 2020 | 2 min read
A cancer patient who underwent the new fertility preservation procedure successfully gave birth five years after her immature eggs were collected.
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“Three-Parent” IVF Trialed for Infertility
Shawna Williams | Jan 25, 2019 | 2 min read
A company announces the first pregnancy in a study of whether donor mitochondria can boost IVF’s odds of success.
First Child Delivered from Womb Transplanted from Dead Donor
Carolyn Wilke | Dec 5, 2018 | 2 min read
The girl was born in Brazil in December 2017.
Second CRISPR-Modified Pregnancy May Be Underway
Ashley P. Taylor | Nov 28, 2018 | 2 min read
He Jiankui, who reportedly edited the genomes of two babies already, broke the news at a conference in Hong Kong.
Viable Embryos Created With Northern White Rhino Sperm in the Lab
Ashley Yeager | Jul 4, 2018 | 2 min read
Researchers froze the fertilized eggs, taken from southern white rhinos, in hopes of preserving the near-extinct northern subspecies.
Opinion: Three-Parent Embryos—A Slippery Slope?
John D. Loike and Alan Kadish | Jun 14, 2018 | 4 min read
The use of pronuclear transfer to treat infertility must first be backed by evidence it can work in cases where parents seek to avoid mitochondrial mutations.
World’s Last Male Northern White Rhino Dies
Shawna Williams | Mar 20, 2018 | 2 min read
Only two members of the subspecies are now left alive.
Details Published on CRISPR-treated Embryos
Kerry Grens | Aug 2, 2017 | 4 min read
Scientists correct a mutation in fertilized eggs that causes a severe cardiac disease.
IVF to Revive Endangered White Rhino Population
Diana Kwon | Jul 20, 2017 | 2 min read
Scientists plan to use in vitro fertilization to preserve a species with only three remaining members in the wild.
Bioethicist and Law Professor Dies
Kerry Grens | Jul 6, 2017 | 2 min read
John Robertson was known for his contributions to reproductive medicine ethics and for solidifying the scholarly connection between biomedicine and law.
Details of First Three-Parent IVF Revealed
Bob Grant | Apr 3, 2017 | 2 min read
The team that oversaw the first use of mitochondrial replacement therapy that resulted in a live birth has published an account of the procedure.
U.K. Moves Forward With Three-Parent IVF
Bob Grant | Mar 20, 2017 | 1 min read
The country’s fertility regulator has approved the first application to carry out mitochondrial replacement therapy, which uses biological material from two women and one man to create an embryo.
Famed Mammalian Embryologist Dies
Jef Akst | Dec 1, 2016 | 2 min read
Andrzej Tarkowski’s research laid the groundwork for future advances in cloning, stem cell research, and in vitro fertilization.
Three-Parent IVF Advances
Anna Azvolinsky | Nov 30, 2016 | 4 min read
Differences in the replicative advantages conferred by some mitochondrial DNA haplotypes have implications for mitochondrial replacement therapy, researchers report. 
First MRT Baby Born
Bob Grant | Sep 28, 2016 | 1 min read
Scientists in Mexico achieved the infant’s conception using mitochondrial replacement therapy. 
Review: The End of Sex
Tanya Lewis | May 13, 2016 | 2 min read
Legal expert Henry Greely envisions a world in which advances in biotechnology obviate the need for sexual reproduction as we know it.
Transparency Now
Mary Beth Aberlin | May 1, 2016 | 2 min read
Science is messy. So lay it out, warts and all.
Contributors
Catherine Offord and Kerry Grens | May 1, 2016 | 3 min read
Meet some of the people featured in the May 2016 issue of The Scientist.
X Marks the Sex-Skewed Spot
Rina Shaikh-Lesko | Mar 7, 2016 | 2 min read
Alterations in epigenetic markers on the X chromosome may be why males outnumber females among murine offspring bred through in vitro fertilization.
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