Tag: embryos
embryo editing against disease is unsafe and is not proven
Researchers from Australia, China and the US have examined the possibility of editing genomes of human embryos in the future. They found that in some cases, editing a single variant associated with a polygenic disease can have strong effects and that editing up to ten genes associated with a disease can reduce its lifetime prevalence by an order of magnitude.
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Alabama lawmakers passed IVF immunity legislation
The US state of Alabama has introduced a bill to grant immunity from criminal prosecution to doctors who use frozen embryos for in vitro fertilisation (IVF). This comes after Alabama’s Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are children with a constitutional right to life. However, the lawmakers argued that the immunity bill is just a temporary solution and not a permanent one.
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The Legislature moved to protect the services after the court ruling
The US state of Alabama is considering legislation to protect clinics and doctors from prosecution and civil lawsuits over the death of embryos or the damage to them. This comes after Alabama’s highest court ruled that frozen embryos should be considered “children”. The bill will protect providers from prosecution and civil lawsuits over the death of an embryo or the damage to it.
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Alabama patients are running short of time
US’ Alabama Supreme Court has said that frozen embryos can be considered a child if they’re thawed after birth. The court ruled that freezing embryos can help people who want to have children but can’t get pregnant due to medical reasons. The court said that it’s up to the individual to decide whether to cryogenically freeze their embryos.
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In Arizona, abortion politics are playing out on the Senate campaign trail
Arizona Republicankari Lake said she thinks Alabama lawmakers “covering their butts” by considering a bill to protect in vitro fertilization (IVF) after the Alabama court ruled that frozen embryos are children. The National Republican Senatorial Committee issued a memo warning candidates to “clearly and reject” efforts to enshrine in vitro fertilization, a treatment that some clinics have paused in the wake of the ruling.
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The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that frozen embryo are children in state law
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the use of frozen embryos in IVF and surrogacy. Alabama’s Supreme Court overturned a lower court’s ruling which had allowed the use of frozen embryos to fertilise a baby but barred them from being used to create children. It ruled that the fertilized egg has “an intrinsic right to life” and cannot be used to create a child.
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