Category Archives: Assisted reproductive technology

A Third Parent contributes her Mighty Mites (Mitochondria)

Posted on October 29, 2016 by

Two biological parents are enough for any baby, aren’t they? Maybe not: sometimes it’s better to have two mamas. The media have hyped a story that broke in September about a boy who was conceived by “mitochondrial replacement therapy.” His … Continue reading →

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Who’s Afraid of Artificial Gametes (Eggs and Sperm)?

Posted on September 10, 2016 by

In the dystopic Brave New World of Aldous Huxley, he did not add artificial gametes to the bevy of reproductive technologies for replacing natural fertility in his future World State. Nevertheless, they might find a place one day for helping … Continue reading →

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Biography of Walter Heape – Victorian reproductive biologist, traveler and entrepreneur

Posted on August 6, 2016 by

This week we published a biography of Walter Heape by John D. Biggers, Ph.D., D.Sc., who has worked in the field of reproductive biology from 1950 and at Harvard Medical School from 1971 where he is now Emeritus Professor of … Continue reading →

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