This study examined families where children lack a genetic and/or gestational link with their parents. A total of 101 families (36 donor insemination families, 32 egg donation families and 33 surrogacy families) were interviewed when the child was aged 7 years. Despite a shift in professional attitudes towards openness, about half of the children conceived by egg donation and nearly three-quart...


 This study was designed to evaluate the supplementation of various concentrations selenium and vitamin E combinations in lactose egg-yolk-glycerol based extender on cryosurvival buffalo bull semen. The semen four healthy donor bulls ejaculates (n= 80) were processed pooled. collected extended with experimental extenders then frozen. frozen straws thawed analyzed for motility, viability, ...

OBJECTIVE To present a case report of fatal colon cancer in a young, previously healthy woman 4 years after repeated ovarian stimulation for egg donation, review previous publications on the risks of ovarian stimulation, and make recommendations for further egg donor follow-up, research, and actions by professional associations and regulatory agencies. DESIGN Case report and review of the lit...

Schistosome infection induces profound Th-biasing and immune suppression. Although much has been examined in mice, few studies have examined responses of naïve humans to schistosome antigens. In this study, we examined the response of naïve human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (nPBMC) to stimulation with Schistosoma mansoni soluble egg antigen (SEA) using a priming in vitro (PIV) assay. We ...

BACKGROUND Egg donor agencies are increasingly being used as part of IVF in the US, but are essentially unregulated, posing critical ethical and policy questions concerning how providers view and use them, and what the implications might be. METHODS Thirty-seven in-depth interviews of approximately 1 h were conducted - with 27 IVF providers and 10 patients. RESULTS Clinicians vary in their ...

Dieter Egli,1,2,7,8 Alice E. Chen,1,2,7 Genevieve Saphier,1 Douglas Powers,2,4,5 Michael Alper,4,5 Karin Katz,4,5 Brian Berger,4,5 Robin Goland,6 Rudolph L. Leibel,6 Douglas A. Melton,1,2,3,* and Kevin Eggan1,2,3,* 1Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology 2Harvard Stem Cell Institute 3Howard Hughes Medical Institute Harvard University, 7 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA 4Bosto...