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DIED. GEORGEANNA JONES, 92, one of the country's first reproductive endocrinologists; in Norfolk, Va. She and her husband Howard Jones started the life of the first U.S.-born "test tube" baby, Elizabeth J. Carr, on Dec. 28, 1981, through in-vitro fertilization...
...vitro fertilization, we already allow the creation of embryos that will be destroyed by allowing the creation of more than necessary, so we’ve already accepted the principle that some embryos won’t be used for reproduction,” he said...
Brock estimated that currently about 400,000 extra cells are available from in vitro experiments. Romney also proposed that none of those stem cells be used without express permission from the donors in his letter to Travaglini yesterday...
BORN. To ALETA ST. JAMES, 57, sister of radio host and Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa; a daughter FRANCESCA and a son GIAN; in New York City. The arrival is believed to have made St. James, who conceived through in vitro fertilization, the oldest American to give birth to twins--at least...
...recent years embryonic stem cells have been derived from early embryos left over following in-vitro-fertilization (IVF) procedures. President Bush has restricted federal funding to research on cell lines which were derived prior to August 2001; in the President’s words, “where the life and death decision has already been made.” This decision turns a blind eye to the practical reality of IVF procedures, in which left over embryos are discarded every day as part of standard protocols. Thus, if the President is opposed to allowing ‘life...