UK study will reimburse part of cost of IVF to women who donate eggs for research
Tags: CLONE cells; GENETIC engineering; FERTILIZATION in vitro, Human -- Research; FERTILIZATION in vitro; STEM cells -- Research; EMBRYONIC stem cells; CLONING -- Therapeutic use; MEDICINE -- Research
Related Articles
- Can lab-grown sperm restore fertility? Baines, Emma // GP: General Practitioner;7/21/2006, p16
This article focuses on a media report based on a study which showed that sperm grown in vitro from embryonic stem cells are capable of fertilizing eggs and producing live offspring. During the study, the researchers genetically altered mouse embryonic stem cells. The researchers stated that the...
- News In brief. // Nature Medicine;Aug2006, Vol. 12 Issue 8, p868
The article presents brief news items related to medical research during the months of June and July 2006. These include the European Union's approval of funding for human embryonic stem cell research, a test developed by British researchers that can screen embryos for nearly 6,000 inherited...
- How to Make a Stem Cell. Ulick, Josh // Newsweek;10/25/2004, Vol. 144 Issue 17, p46
Presents a diagram on how to make a stem cell. Report that scientists want to pursue therapeutic cloning; Debate over human embryonic stem-cell research; List of the potential patients who might benefit from stem-cell therapies; Discussion of the restrictions to federally funded research on...
- MNC-IVF Followed by Standard IVF with Ovarian Stimulation Reduces Rate of Twin Pregnancies. // Fertility Weekly;12/22/2008, p7
The article reports on the findings of the study by M. J. Pelinck and colleagues from the Netherlands regarding the effect of using modified natural cycle in vitro fertilization (MNC-IVF) prior to standard IVF with ovarian stimulation on cumulative pregnancy rates. The study found that MNC-IVF...
- Derivation of Embryonic Stem-Cell Lines from Human Blastocysts. Cowan, Chad A.; Klimanskaya, Irina; McMahon, Jill; Atienza, Jocelyn; Witmyer, Jeannine; Zucker, Jacob P.; Wang, Shunping; Morton, Cynthia C.; McMahon, Andrew P.; Powers, Doug; Melton, Douglas A. // New England Journal of Medicine;3/25/2004, Vol. 350 Issue 13, p1353
Reports on the development of 17 additional human embryonic stem cell lines. Frozen cleavage- and blastocyst-stage human embryos produced by in vitro fertilization for clinical purposes; How many were cultured to the blastcyst stage and allowed to re-expand; How the rest of the procedure went to...
- WHY BUSH'S BAN COULD BE REVERSED. Tumulty, Karen; Dickerson, John F. // Time;5/23/2005, Vol. 165 Issue 21, p26
Focuses on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research in U.S. states. Decision of President George W. Bush to provide federal funding for research on cell colonies that had already been created; Report that the House of Representatives will consider legislation that could expand the number...
- Stem cells: 5 things to know before jumping on the iPS bandwagon. Cyranoski, David // Nature;3/27/2008, Vol. 452 Issue 7186, p406
The article reports on the five issues regarding the embryonic stem-cell research of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. The five issues on embryonic stem-cell research of iPS cells are the commonness of human embryonic stem-cell culture, people's ability to have their own custom-tailored...
- Prometheus, Pandora, and the Myths of Cloning. Van Gend, David // Human Life Review;Summer/Fall2006, Vol. 32 Issue 3/4, p15
The author discusses issues related to the implications of stem-cell research and cloning for the medical field in the U.S. According to the author, cloning is redundant because research on using embryonic stem cells to develop treatments has encountered problems where adult stem-cell research...
- Aptamer-Based Strategies for Stem Cell Research. Ke-Tai Guo; Sch�fer, Richard; Paul, Angela; Ziemer, Gerhard; Wendel, Hans P. // Mini Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry;Jul2007, Vol. 7 Issue 7, p701
Aptamers have been introduced to analytical applications, target validation, and drug discovery processes and, recently, applied directly as therapeutic agents. Aptamers can be generated by a method called SELEX (Systematic Evolution of Ligands by Exponential Enrichment). This is quite...
