Word: donor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Babies from "donor eggs...
...prematurely menopausal: her ovaries had ceased to release eggs or to produce the hormones needed to sustain a pregnancy. The child she had carried for nine months was the genetic offspring of another woman, who had donated an unfertilized egg. The birth of the world's first "donor-egg baby" in November, which was announced last week by scientists in Australia, marks a new step in overcoming infertility. Declared Gynecologist Wayne Decker, executive director of the Fertility Research Foundation of New York: "It is a remarkable and astounding feat that offers hope to all women who suffer from ovarian...
...permission, they collected one more to be used in an impregnation attempt in another infertile woman. The prematurely menopausal woman was an ideal recipient. For 2½ months she had been primed for a possible pregnancy with daily doses of the hormones estrogen and progesterone. She matched the donor in eye and hair color, body build, social class and education level...
...more recent landscaping projects include the quadrangle in front of the Freshman Union, and the installation of the Henry Moore sculpture in front of Lamont Library. He says he had the installation filmed, set the film to music and gave it to the donor...
DIED. Ashley Bailey, 14 months; of biliary atresia, a liver disease; in Fort Worth. In a July radio address, President Reagan appealed for a liver-transplant donor for Ashley. More than 5,000 phone calls resulted, but no compatible liver could be located for the infant. Reagan's appeal, however, has been credited with finding seven donors for other needy patients...