Tag Archives: In Vitro Fertilization

Howard W. Jones Jr., M.D. (1910-2015)

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Roger Gosden

Our dear friend and mentor died today in Norfolk after a short illness. Lucinda and I were able to exchange a few words and smiles with him in the hospital yesterday. He asked how our children are doing—so typical of … Continue reading →

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GM Human Eggs Have Arrived

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Roger Gosden

We heard confirmation last week of rumors that scientists at Sun Yat-sen University in southern China were trying to change the DNA of freshly-fertilized human eggs. This “first” in science was greeted with horror, hand-wringing, and a storm of criticism. … Continue reading →

Posted in Biomedical | Tagged CRISPR, designer babies, eggs and embryos, eugenics, gene therapy, genetically modification, GM babies, In Vitro Fertilization, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, Sun Yat-sen University | Comments Off

In Vitro Fertilization Comes to America by Howard W. Jones, Jr. M.D.

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Roger Gosden

I am proud to announce that Jamestowne Bookworks will publish this month In Vitro Fertilization Comes to America by Dr. Howard W. Jones, Jr. of the Jones Institute in Norfolk, Virginia. His memoir describes the ordeals of leading a medical breakthrough, … Continue reading →

Posted in Biomedical | Tagged Elizabeth Carr, Georgeanna Seegar Jones, Howard W. Jones Jr., human reproduction, In Vitro Fertilization, infertility, Jones Institute, Vatican | 2 Comments

Room for a Womb – a transplant story

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Roger Gosden

It seems particularly fitting to congratulate a Swedish colleague who announced the world’s first successful uterine transplant the same week that the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine is announced from Stockholm. Not that the transplant will earn him the … Continue reading →