Health
What we know about Europe's tainted eggs scandal
Several European countries face a growing scare over millions of eggs that have been contaminated with the insecticide fipronil, which is potentially harmful to humans.
Aug 8, 2017
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Doctor told to stop marketing 3-person baby technique
U.S. regulators on Friday warned a New York fertility doctor to stop marketing an experimental procedure that uses DNA from three people—a mother, a father and an egg donor—to avoid certain genetic diseases.
Aug 5, 2017
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Health
Belgium admits it kept quiet about 'tainted' eggs probe
Belgian officials admitted Saturday they knew in early June there was a potential problem over insecticide-contaminated eggs but kept it secret because of an ongoing fraud investigation.
Aug 5, 2017
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Health
German supermarket chain yanks eggs amid pesticide scare
A major supermarket chain said Friday it is removing all eggs from sale in its German stores amid a scare over possible pesticide contamination that Dutch producers fear will cost them millions of euros in lost income.
Aug 4, 2017
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Health
Dutch farmers cry 'fowl' as eggs poisoned by insecticide
Dozens of poultry farms have been closed across The Netherlands after a toxic insecticide is believed to have contaminated hundreds of thousands of eggs, Dutch officials said Tuesday.
Aug 1, 2017
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Genetics
Scientists genetically modify human embryos for first time, reports say
A team of researchers has created the first genetically modified human embryos, the MIT Technology Review reported this week.
Aug 1, 2017
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Medical research
New vaccine production could improve flu shot accuracy
A new way of producing the seasonal flu vaccine could speed up the process and provide better protection against infection.
Jul 24, 2017
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Medical research
Producing human-animal hybrid eggs for research found ethical
Scientists should not be prevented from creating human-animal chimeras to produce human eggs for research, according to Dr César Palacios-González, Centre of Medical Law and Ethics in The Dickson Poon School of Law at King's.
Jul 20, 2017
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Woman, 59, who tried for decades to get pregnant gives birth
During nearly four decades of marriage, Akosua Budu Amoako and her husband tried to have a child, without success. But last month, at age 59, Budu gave birth to her first child after fertility treatments.
Jul 17, 2017
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Spain now sets the pace of assisted reproduction in Europe with more than 100,000 treatments a year
Spain is Europe's most active country in assisted reproduction. ESHRE has collected the national registry data of ART cycles performed in Europe since 1997 and for its latest report (for 2014) found that a record 109,275 ...
Jul 4, 2017
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