The story starts at Saddleback Memorial Hospital in Laguna Hills. The fertility clinic there had been shuttered earlier in 1995, when an investigation found that its doctors had mixed up embryos and impregnated women with eggs that weren't theirs. As many as 300 patients were thought to have been involved, and at least three cases had surfaced in which women had unwittingly given birth to children... read full post picked by TraumaMamma 5 months ago

Using an array of technology, the images reveal what until now has been a secret - exactly how animals develop in the womb. Subjects were elephant, dog, and dolphin.
(old article but new to me, passed on to you) picked by gnikgnok 3 years ago

Australian officials have allowed the use of cloned human embryos in experiments. picked by sparky 3 years ago

Watch the baby chick grow from the embryonic stage, to a full grown baby chick. Pretty neat!

It may, however, ruin eggs for me. picked by Bingo 4 months ago

Doctors screened out from the woman’s embryos an inherited gene that would have left the baby with a greater than 50% chance of developing the cancer. picked by deEPCHIll 1 year ago

A 9-year-old girl who went to hospital in central Greece suffering from stomach pains was found to be carrying her embryonic twin, doctors said Thursday. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A scientist who faked his research may have actually made a groundbreaking advance - without even realising it. picked by kxmk 2 years ago

nice, I always wanted a human-dog sibling... picked by Nicky666 3 years ago

There's enough controversy about creating "perfect" babies, what about parents who want to create babies with selected defects? picked by tomphoolry 3 years ago

British lawmakers will debate Monday a bill which would allow scientists to use animal-human hybrid embryos in research after Prime Minister Gordon Brown passionately defended the controversial plan.

WTF?! picked by doggylives 2 years ago

To some parents with disabilities, selecting embryos with genetic defects like deafness or dwarfism isn't an ethical dilemma, it just means having children like themselves. And a recent survey of U.S. clinics that offer embryo screening suggests it’s already happening. picked by VooDooPeacock 2 years ago

When the egg finally arrives, the uterus begins to contract again, performing a welcoming dance that sucks the new embryo into the soft lining of the uterine wall, and voila, we have a baby on the way. picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

Human-animal embryos(created by transferring the nuclei of human cells, such as skin cells, into animal eggs from which almost all the genetic information has been removed) are to be created in the UK after scientists today won approval for the practice from the fertility and embryo research watchdog... The government published the human tissue and embryos bill, which includes a regulation-making ... read full post picked by unstablefiend 2 years ago

By starting with a chicken embryo and working backward to engineer a "chickenosaurus" or "dinochicken," project leader Jack Horner told Discovery News. picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

Two Christian groups launched a legal battle today against a decision to allow university researchers to create human-animal embryos. picked by mutil8or 2 years ago

The first babies genetically engineered to be free from disease could be born in Britain within three years, scientists claimed today. A project at the University of Newcastle has already created 10 human embryos, each containing the DNA from one man and two women. It is hoped the research will lead to cures for serious hereditary illnesses including muscular dystrophy and epilepsy. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago