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Vital embryo research driven out of Britain - The Independent 5th October 2009
"Scientists abandon plan to develop stem cells after funding dries up
All research involving the controversial creation of animal-human "hybrid" embryos has been refused funding in Britain and one of the three scientists licensed to carry out the work has left the UK for a job in Australia."
Evan Harris: We owe it to the sick to support this research - The Independent 5th October 2009
"Animal-human hybrid embryo research needs legal permission, good scientists and more funding.
Those of us involved in campaigning for human-animal embryo research to be legal during the passage of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill always knew that this was a controversial area of research. "
IVF embryologist who blew whistle on hospital's blunders a 'broken record' - Daily Telegraph 27th August 2009
An embryologist at a leading fertility clinic that was claimed to have used the wrong sperm to fertilise the eggs of women in treatment, Biserka Pavlovic, has said her safety concerns were ignored after she blew whistle on its blunders.
'My fight to stop IVF mix-ups' - BBC Health News 27th August 2009
Fertilising eggs from the wrong sperm donor is a nightmare scenario for IVF clinics, which came to light in the case of a white woman in Leeds who found herself giving birth to black twins in 2002. But The Report's Nadene Ghouri has since found a routine neglect of safeguards to prevent such mix-ups at a major London hospital led one embryologist to turn whistle-blower.
Mother fights to save frozen embryos - The Sunday Telegraph 5th July 2009
A mother faces losing 11 frozen embryos under a new law which rules they must be destroyed after five years.
Crusading mother in race to save 'death row' embryos - Daily Mail 5th July 2009
Dozens of women will be denied the chance to have children unless a mother wins her legal fight to halt the destruction of frozen embryos.\n\nMichelle Hickman, 36, will lose 11 of her own embryos if she fails to have a five-year storage limit overturned in the next three months.
Genetic 'MoT' for disease free babies - The Telegraph 30th June 2009
A “genetic MOT” which can help IVF couples screen embryos for hereditary diseases and have healthy babies could be available in the UK within a year.
The IVF embryo test that can detect 15,000 genetic diseases - Daily Mail 1st July 2009
A 'genetic' 'MoT' that can spot almost all inherited diseases in an IVF-created embryo could be available within a year.
The £2,500 test can detect around 15,000 genetic conditions, including cystic fibrosis, Huntington's disease and some types of cancer, autism and mental retardation.
Universal embryo test 'very near' - BBC Health News 30th June 2009
A gene mapping test that can test embryos for almost any inherited disease could be available in the UK within a year, say researchers.
Unlike current tests doctors do not need to know the specific gene mutation involved.
Girls with a twin brother may be 'disadvantaged from birth' - The Telegraph 3rd June 2009
Girls with a twin brother may be disadvantaged from birth after losing out in the womb, new research suggests.
Christian groups lose legal challenge over human and animal embryos - The Times 20th February 2009
Medical research using embryos that contain both human and animal material was cleared to continue yesterday, after the High Court threw out a legal challenge by religious campaigners.
Mrs Justice Dobbs refused permission to two Christian groups to bring a judicial review over the fertility watchdog's decision to permit two teams of scientists to start such work and declared the application to be “totally without merit”.
Controversial octuplets doctor 'helped 49-year-old conceive quadruplets' - The Telegraph 13th February 2009
Controversial Beverly Hills doctor Dr Michael Kamrava, who helped Nadya Suleman conceive octuplets, also treated a 49-year-old who is expecting quadruplets.
British embryologist 'shocked' to find octuplets doctor still working - The Telegraph 13th February 2009
A British embryologist, who worked for the doctor who gave fertility treatment to the mother of octuplets, said she was "shocked" to find he was still working.
Controversial hybrid embryos 'are no use to science" new research suggests - The Telegraph 3rd January 2009
Attempts to mix human and animal cells together to make hybrid embryos for medical research may be doomed to failure, new research suggests.
New IVF test increases pregnancy chances, say researchers - The Guardian 10th November 2008
A new technique for screening embryos for genetic defects during IVF more than doubles the chances that the embryo will implant in the mother's womb, according to a pilot study by UK and US researchers.
The method, which has several advantages over an existing screening technique, led to established pregnancies - meaning that foetal heartbeat was detected using ultrasound - in 78% of the 23 women who underwent the treatment. Genetic screening involves testing embryos produced during in-vitro fertilisation for abnormal chromosomes that could prevent the embryos from being carried to term.
Promising, but bigger trial is needed to win over doctors - The Times 10th November 2008
While IVF has improved greatly since the birth of Louise Brown 30 years ago, fertility doctors still have few tools for choosing which embryos they should implant into the womb.
More than half of all embryos, and as many as 75 per cent of those produced by women over 40, suffer from chromosomal abnormalities that prevent normal development. A good way of identifying them would allow the selection of normal embryos for transfer, and so improve success rates without implanting more than one.
Case study: twins on the way after ‘more thorough testing’ - The Times 10th November 2008
After three failed attempts at IVF and the loss of a premature baby, Lisa, from San Diego, wondered if she would ever start a family.
The 39-year-old is now expecting twins at the end of the month after becoming one of the first patients to benefit from the new embryo quality test.
Breakthrough IVF test to double baby chance for childless couples - Daily Mail 10th October 2008
A fertility test that doubles the chances of pregnancy offers new hope to childless couples.
The test helps identify the healthiest embryos for use in IVF treatment and could cut the risk of twins or triplets.
A trial involving couples in America shows this approach to screening embryos offers the best hope yet for women with a poor chance of conceiving.
Scientist quits UK in stem cell row - The Sunday Times 26th October 2008
A leading British scientist is leaving the country to work in France after claiming that British science gives too much priority to embryo experiments over “more ethical” alternatives.
Colin McGuckin, professor of regenerative medicine at Newcastle University, believes that more funding should be given to work with adult stem cells.
Hybrid embryo laws approved - Liverpool Daily Post 23rd October 2008
CONTROVERSIAL new legislation allowing scientists to conduct experiments using hybrid human-animal embryos was approved by the House of Com-mons last night despite a small rebellion by Labour backbenchers.
An amendment, tabled by Southport MP John Pugh, spec-ifically outlawing the placing of human gametes – eggs or sperm – into an animal was defeated, the Government insisting it was unnecessary.
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