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World-first IVF trial reduces risk of babies inheriting diseases
AFP, Published on 17/07/2025
» PARIS - Eight healthy babies have been born in the UK using a new IVF technique that successfully reduced their risk of inheriting genetic diseases from their mothers, the results of a world-first trial said Wednesday.
Pregnancy of Hongkonger, 58, sparks hope for older women and fears over risks
South China Morning Post, Published on 11/05/2025
» The pregnancy of a 58-year-old woman in Hong Kong has sparked hopes for older women seeking to have children but also raised concerns about the risks of giving birth later in life.
Australian IVF clinic admits embryo mix-up
AFP, Published on 11/04/2025
» SYDNEY - An Australian IVF clinic has admitted a mix-up led to a mother giving birth to someone else's baby.
Israel attack on Gaza IVF clinic a 'genocidal act': UN probe
AFP, Published on 13/03/2025
» GENEVA - A United Nations investigation concluded Thursday that Israel carried out "genocidal acts" in Gaza through the destruction of its main IVF clinic, maternity facilities and other reproductive healthcare facilities.
Time running out for many Maldives islands
By Alex Travelli and Maahil Mohamed, The New York Times, Published on 06/04/2024
» MALÉ, Maldives — To live in the Maldives is to live in one of two worlds. Either you belong to the capital — Malé, a micro-Manhattan in the Indian Ocean — or you are out in “the islands,” among the quietest and most remote villages this side of the Arctic tundra.
Chinese scientists clone first rhesus monkey to live into adulthood
South China Morning Post, Published on 18/01/2024
» BEIJING - Researchers affiliated to China's premier science academy have successfully cloned the first rhesus monkey to survive into adulthood.
Big bang: Dutch firm eyes space babies
AFP, Published on 14/11/2023
» EINDHOVEN, Netherlands - Climate crises, nuclear Armageddon, or a sudden meteor strike — it’s clear humanity could do with Planet B. But first we need to learn to reproduce safely in space, says Dutch entrepreneur Egbert Edelbroek.
Dutch court orders sperm donor to stop after 550 children
AFP, Published on 28/04/2023
» THE HAGUE: Dutch judges on Friday ordered a man suspected of fathering more than 550 children through sperm donations to stop donating, in the latest fertility scandal to shock the Netherlands.
New embryo models offer hope for research on miscarriages, birth defects
AFP, Published on 18/03/2021
» TOKYO - Scientists have generated early-stage human embryo models that could help shed light on the "black box" of initial human development stages and improve research on pregnancy loss and birth defects.
Russia funds IVF baby boom to battle population slump
AFP, Published on 30/01/2020
» BALASHIKHA (RUSSIA) - For three years, Valeriya Pashko has been trying to get pregnant. Now her last hope is IVF, provided free by Russia's health service as authorities try to avert a new drop in the birthrate.