God's Laboratory: assisted Reproduction in the Andes

Quality management issues in the assisted reproduction laboratory

In the United States, the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA) of 1988 describes requirements and guidelines for implementing a quality control/quality assurance (QC/QA) program for moderate and high complexity laboratories. These requirements and guidelines apply to Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) laboratories as well. The general topic of QC and QA as it pertains to in vitro fert...

I-18: The German law in Assisted Reproduction

Al-Hasani S University of Schleswig-Holstein, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Reproductive Medicine Unit, University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23560 Lübeck, Germany Email: sf_alhasani@ Hotmail.com

Technological & Ethical Issues In Laboratory-Assisted Reproduction A Short History to Accompany the Lecture

the future of assisted reproduction

The past three decades have witnessed revolution in reproductive medicine. Since the birth of Louise Brown in 1978 (1), there has been an expansion in the number of vitro fertilization treatment worldwide. In the first European Register publication (2) 203,893 IVF/ICSI were reported by eighteen European countries, and by 2002, this number rose to 324,238 cycles from twenty-five countries, accou...

Posthumous Assisted Reproduction from Islamic Perspective

Rapid development in assisted reproductive techniques along with relieving the pain of childlessness has brought new ethical and policy dilemmas. Posthumous assisted reproduction is the most challenging, difficult and sensitive issue to be discussed ethically and religiously. In this paper the acceptability of the posthumous reproduction in Islamic contexts is evaluated and major concerns like ...