Word: donor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...anonymous donor provided the new organ for a 20-year-old man from Vermont suffering from a congenital heart disorder...
...year-old daughter by a previous marriage accidentally shot herself, the disconsolate couple sought to have another child. Unable to conceive by natural means, they turned, in 1981, to Melbourne's pioneering IVF program. Because Rios, then 54, was infertile, doctors used sperm from an anonymous donor to fertilize a number of eggs taken from his 37-year-old wife. Several were implanted, and two spares were frozen for use in case the pregnancy failed. As it happened, Elsa Rios miscarried, but she decided to postpone any further attempts until she felt "emotionally ready...
...unit, freezing techniques used in 1981 were rudimentary, and the Rios embryos are probably no longer viable. Moreover, many legal experts say that once the embryos are implanted, they lose any semblance of a claim to the Rios estate. Says Victoria Law Institute Spokesman Chris Wray: "A donor embryo does not belong to the donors of the genetic material but to the parents to whom the child is ultimately born...
After the squad won the national title, the Athletic Department told team members they could arrange for extensions on their loans. Then, an anonymous donor sent varsity letter sweaters to the club through the Department...
Albert H. Gordon '23, donor of the Indoor Track and Tennis Center and Chairman of the $350 million Harvard Campaign, Susan Storey Lyman '49, former chairman of the Radcliffe Board of Trustees, and David T. W. McCord '21, once the University's chief fundraiser, will all receive the awards from President...