Beagle puppy Ruby Puppy, or Ruppy for short, is the world’s first transgenic dog. Transgenic means that she has genes from another animal. Ruppy, and four other beagle puppies, were given a florescent gene from a sea anenome which makes her glow red under ultraviolet light.
Ruppy and her sisters are all identical clones of each [...]
Tags: cloning, fertility treatments, glow in the dark, infertility, puppies, transgenics
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Brittany Donovan is 13 years old and was born with fragile X syndrome, FXS. FXS is a genetic disorder causing mental impairment – Brittany has severe learning difficulties.
Brittany was conceived using sperm from a New York sperm bank, Idant Laboratories, and testing showed that her FXS was inherited from her biological father. A US judge [...]
Tags: autism, fragile x syndrome, infertility, lawsuits, sperm donors
Posted in: Health, Special Needs
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When Susanne Butscher was just 15 years old, she went through menopause. But thanks to her twin sister?s donated ovary, Mrs. Butscher is now the proud mum of Maja Charlotte Shasa Butscher, born last week in London.
Because Mrs. Butscher was suffering the effects of early menopause, especially osteoporosis, but was concerned about the long-term effects [...]
Tags: conception, infertility, ovary, Pregnancy, transplant
Posted in: Birth Announcement, Current Events
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October 19-25th, 2008 is National Infertility Awareness week.
To increase awareness, and also in an effort to help many couples realize their dreams of becoming parents, The New Hope Center for Reproductive Medicine in Virginia Beach, Virginia is giving ? free consult sessions. If you are struggling with issues surrounding infertility, this may be a [...]
Tags: Baby, consults, Free, infertility, infertility awareness, miscarriage, The New Hope Center
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Recently supermodel Naomi Campbell revealed that she had been infertile, and that her condition had been corrected through surgery. She told People magazine, ?They thought it was a cyst but when they opened it up they realized it was more. I was not able to have children up until March?. The catwalk darling who is [...]
Tags: celebrity babies, infertility, Naomi Campbell, runway models, supermodel, Vladislav Doronin
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