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...Eggs begin their development process with the full complement of 46, but shed half of them, tucking them into a small genetic bundle known as a polar body, which mirrors the chromosomes of the egg. Investigators at the U.K.'s CARE Fertility clinic, under the direction of Dr. Simon Fischel, harvested nine eggs from a woman who had undergone 13 failed cycles of IVF implantation and, in addition, suffered two miscarriages and an ectopic pregnancy. Using a laser scalpel, they extracted the polar bodies from the eggs and analyzed them. Two of the nine proved defect-free, and both were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Building a Better Baby: A New In Vitro Test | 1/27/2009 | See Source »

...This woman is now in her third trimester and had never before been this far," Fischel told the news conference at which he announced the breakthrough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Building a Better Baby: A New In Vitro Test | 1/27/2009 | See Source »

...this is a good thing, right? In a lot of ways, yes. Not all women must go through 13 IVF trials before they succeed, but most women undergo multiple attempts, each of which can cost $5,000. Fischel's procedure runs an extra $2,750 or so - but paying a premium price once is easily cheaper than paying the lower price over and over. What's more, while couples who choose the in vitro route dearly want a child, they don't always want more than one. But the high failure rate of the procedure requires that multiple embryos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Building a Better Baby: A New In Vitro Test | 1/27/2009 | See Source »

...Fischel's procedure does not give as complete a look at a potential child, since it relies on only half the chromosomes that make up that profile. But it comes close enough that the work as a whole is being overseen by the U.K.'s Human Fertilization and Embryo Authority, a government watchdog group. The agency is generally supportive of the procedure and indeed has been looking for a way to reduce the incidence of multiple births among IVF families. Nonetheless, the fact that there is a moral cop on the beat gives some comfort to the procedure's critics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Building a Better Baby: A New In Vitro Test | 1/27/2009 | See Source »

...Except for the guacamole is not as good,” Fischel said...

Author: By Joseph M. Tartakoff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Taqueria Opens on Mt. Auburn St. | 4/9/2004 | See Source »

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