Monthly Archive: February 2012

Feb
20

Canada follows the trend?

Olivia Pratten

Over the water in British Columbia, Canada, the state government is appealing a judge’s ruling that people conceived by egg and sperm donation should be able to find out who their donor was. Olivia Pratten and Shelley Deacon, both donor-conceived adults from BC, took the government to court arguing that donor-conceived people are discriminated against …

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Feb
06

Genes reunited?

In a recent scientific breakthrough at Newcastle University, doctors have found a way to replace faulty DNA inherited through the female line with DNA from another healthy woman. So does this mean a child conceived that way has two mums? Mitochondrial cells convert the energy from our food into energy that can be used in …

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