<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : embryo : RSS 2.0</title><link>http://www.plime.com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><webMaster>plime.com</webMaster><copyright>2009, plime.com.</copyright><lastBuildDate></lastBuildDate><pubDate></pubDate><generator>Plime/1</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><image><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : embryo : RSS 2.0</title><url>http://www.plime.com/images/logo.gif</url><link>http://www.plime.com/</link></image><item><title><![CDATA[IVF embryo misplanted, aborted]]></title><description><![CDATA[Desperate couple tries to conceive by undergoing IVF. Clinic staff implant embryo into wrong woman. Mistake is realized. Woman is given RU-486. Embryo is aborted, opportunity is lost, everyone loses. <br/><br/>Surely this could have been handled better. Couldn't the other mother have carried the other mother's embryo for a chance at getting her own?]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/123351/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/123351/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Human embryonic stem cells developed from 4-cell embryo; world first may lessen ethical concerns]]></title><description><![CDATA[For the first time in the world scientists have succeeded in developing human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) from a single cell, or blastomere, of a 4-cell stage embryo. This means it might be possible in the future to produce hESC lines at an earlier stage without destroying the embryo.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/68247/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/68247/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman implanted with the wrong embryo]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is supposed to the happiest news a couple can get, especially a couple who have difficulty conceiving and carrying babies. The in vitro fertilization procedure had been a success: Carolyn Savage was pregnant.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/133415/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/133415/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Heartbeat key for blood growth in embryos]]></title><description><![CDATA[For blood cells to grow in an embryo, they need the pressure of a beating heart, say US researchers.<br/><br/>The finding explains why an embryo's heart starts beating just weeks after conception, and it points the way to new stem cell-based treatments for a host of blood disorders such as leukaemia.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/114324/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/114324/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Britain set to green light human-animal embryo creation]]></title><description><![CDATA[What could possibly go wrong??]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/34501/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/34501/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[13-week-old Embryo Ventriloquist's Dummy]]></title><description><![CDATA[It comes as a cellphone charm, a candy/pill dispenser and a samba whistle. Yes, a samba whistle. And yes, it's from Japan.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/51631/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/51631/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Exotic Chameleon Spends 2/3 of its Life as an Egg]]></title><description><![CDATA[It lives about 8-9 months as an embryo, and has a post-hatching lifespan of just 4-5 months. As far as the scientists know, this is unique among land vertebrates. It may help researchers better understand how ecological and hormonal factors influence evolution.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/68761/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/68761/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Oldest mother fish fossil found]]></title><description><![CDATA[Australian scientists have found a remarkable 380 million year old fossil placoderm fish with intact embryo and mineralised umbilical cord. Video included.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/63560/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/63560/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Deaf Parents Demand Right To Deaf Children]]></title><description><![CDATA[RNID has made a statement that deaf people should be able to select an embryo that will be born deaf and throw out ones that would be able to hear. RNID does not speak for all deaf people and <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/redir.p?http://alltheyoungdudes.radio666fm.com/2007/12/23/media-watch-hearing-people-still-dont-get-it/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">some</a> are saying that the <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.rnid.org.uk/mediacentre/press/2007/human_fertilisation_embryology_bill.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">statement</a> is taken out of context. That they want the right to implant embryos that are deaf when that is the only viable embryo.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/45113/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/45113/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Embryo broker taking fire for selling designer babies.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why does &quot;Brave New World&quot; pop into my head when I read this?]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/8896/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/8896/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Embryo Clones of 2 Men Created From Stem Cells]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the first documented demonstration that ordinary cells from an adult human can be used to make cloned embryos mature enough to produce stem cells.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/47553/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/47553/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Study Suggests Twins Form After Embryo Collapses ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Using specialized computer software to take photos every two minutes of 33 embryos growing in a laboratory, Dr. Dianna Payne, a visiting research fellow at the Mio Fertility Clinic in Japan, and colleagues documented for the first time the early days of twin development.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/26074/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/26074/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Video of the First 24 Hours of an Embryo's Cells]]></title><description><![CDATA[For the first time, it is possible to actually watch the initial 24 hours of the life of an embryo at the cellular level.<br/><br/><i>I know, I know, not the most titillating of topics... but nevertheless, fascinating... to moi. :)</i>]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/79110/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/79110/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[The Visible Embryo]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two kids are more than enough for me but I still find this site fascinating and amazing. May prove helpful for the Where-do-babies-come-from talk.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/49967/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/49967/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[The Era of Designer Babies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ethicists are becoming increasingly concerned that embryo screening is becoming a popular trend in determining a baby's gender. This process, originally intended to detect medical problems, is now performed in 42% of clinics without being medically warranted. Is blond-hair, blue-eyes screening next?]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/756/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/756/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Create babies with made-to-order defects.]]></title><description><![CDATA[There's enough controversy about creating &quot;perfect&quot; babies, what about parents who want to create babies with selected defects?]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/8029/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/8029/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Couple's attempt to do the right thing brings more grief]]></title><description><![CDATA[A simple miscarriage and a simple solution for a grieved couple--cremation--becomes oh so complicated...]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/99079/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/99079/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[1 Year-Old Girl &quot;Pregnant&quot; With Own Sibling]]></title><description><![CDATA[A year-old girl turned out to be pregnant. Doctors said that it was the first incident in the history of modern medicine. Arab media outlets discuss whether the removal of the fetus from the baby girl is going to be considered a murder.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/83229/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/83229/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Let's Make Centaurs!]]></title><description><![CDATA[New legistlation by the UK Dept. of Health might allow the creation of human-animal hybrids. These would solve the severe shortage of pure human eggs needed for stem cell research.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/24418/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/24418/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[We have created human-animal embryos already, say British team]]></title><description><![CDATA[Embryos containing human and animal material have been created in Britain for the first time, a month before the House of Commons votes on new laws to regulate the research.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/56787/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/56787/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item></channel></rss>