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First Human Embryos Genetically Modified Using CRISPR-Cas9 DNA-editing Technique

Oct 29, 2016 Bote Bruinsma, MD PhD Posted in Child Birth, Embryonic, Featured, Miscarriage, Unborn Children, Uterus Transplantation

Developmental biologists of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden have joined only a handful of others in a quest to genetically edit human embryos using CRISPR/Cas-9 technology. The controversial endeavor has underlined ethics talks on modification of human embryonic DNA, also known as ‘germline modification’. The Swedish group has pushed the boundaries by using viable [Read More]

A New Option For Women Who Can’t Have Babies

May 10, 2016 Bote Bruinsma, MD PhD Posted in Child Birth, Featured, Pregnancy, Uterus Transplantation

Infertility, or the inability to reproduce, has major social and psychological consequences for couples who want children. As many as 25 percent of couples experience childlessness following one year of contraceptive-free intercourse. In the majority of cases, factors from both the man and woman contribute to infertility of the pair, but in 30-50 percent of [Read More]