Category Archives: Fertility
A Third Parent contributes her Mighty Mites (Mitochondria)
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
Posted in Assisted reproductive technology, Fertility, Health, Other
Tagged Augment technology, Erichthonius, Hephaeustus, Human egg or oocyte, John Zhang, Mitochondria transfer, Mitochondrial disease, New Hope Fertility Center, Ovascience, Robert Hughes, Turner's syndrome
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Who’s Afraid of Artificial Gametes (Eggs and Sperm)?
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
Frozen Eggs Perks as Policy
Ashton Carter announced the Pentagon will make a bigger commitment to family-building for people serving in the military. The package includes new benefits for maternity leave and child care, and even a pilot scheme for egg and sperm freezing. The … Continue reading
Posted in Biomedical, Fertility
Tagged Frozen egg banking, IVF, vitrification
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Fertility owes Preservation to a Sheep
The journal Human Reproduction reported a 27-year old woman in Belgium has delivered a healthy baby boy. That would not be newsworthy if she had not been rendered sterile at 13 years old by a life-saving bone marrow transplant for … Continue reading
Posted in Biomedical, Fertility
Tagged Dolly the sheep, Edinburgh University, frozen ovary, ovary transplant, Sherman Silber
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Roger musing about Peace with Nature 