Parthenogenetic activation of human oocytes obtained from infertility treatments has gained new interest in recent years as an alternative approach to create embryos with no reproductive purpose for research in areas such as assisted reproduction technologies itself, somatic cell, and nuclear transfer experiments and for derivation of clinical grade pluripotent embryonic stem cells for regenera...

Established under the Assisted Human Reproduction (AHR) Act of 2004, Assisted Human Reproduction Canada [5] (AHRC), also known as the Assisted Human Reproduction Agency of Canada, was created in 2006 to oversee research related to reproductive technologies and to protect the reproductive rights [6] and interests of Canadian citizens. AHRC serves as a regulatory body for the development and use ...

Assisted reproductive technology is widely practised around the world for the treatment of virtually all forms of infertility. The application of this technology in the Islamic world had been delayed for many years, based on the misconception that Islamic teachings do not approve assisted reproduction. The paper discusses derivation of Islamic rulings and its impact on the ethics of contemporar...

1 Immunology Group, IGMP and Centre of Excellence for Translational Medicine, University of Tartu, 50411 Tartu, Estonia 2Competence Centre of Reproductive Medicine and Biology, Tiigi 61b, 50410 Tartu, Estonia 3Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and IGMP, University of Tartu, 51014 Tartu, Estonia 4Laboratory of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Université Henri Poincaré and Nancytomique, CHU...

cloning is a term traditionally used to describe different processes for duplicating biological material. a clone is an organism that is a genetic copy of an existing one. the use of the technique of nuclear transfer for reproduction of human beings is surrounded by strong ethical and legal concerns and controversies. some international organizations have made significant efforts to establish c...