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- Title
30 years: from IVF to stem cells.
- Authors
Deech, Ruth
- Abstract
This article discusses the 30 year history of in vitro fertilisation (IVF). The article discusses the controversial aspects of the technology and early efforts to develop regulations for IVF. The work of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) in Great Britain, which regulates the practice of IVF, is described. This state of regulation is compared with the relative lack of regulation in the U.S. The medical ethics of IVF, particularly when parents would like to select an embryo with traits that will enable it to donate healthy tissue to a sibling, so-called saviour babies, are discussed. The work of the HFEA in dealing with cloning is also described.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; HUMAN in vitro fertilization; GREAT Britain. Human Fertilisation &; Embryology Authority; EMBRYOLOGY &; ethics; ORGAN donation &; ethics; CLONING; MEDICAL ethics; GOVERNMENT policy
- Publication
Nature, 2008, Vol 454, Issue 7202, p280
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/454280a