Karen Barrow from ABC News Healthology section on their website talks about PGD. Read the article here.
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Limitations may arise after bone marrow transplant @ Reuters
According to this study 10% of survivors of a bone marrow transplant experience impairment in functional, social and emotional areas and 90% go on to lead successful and productive lives. Read the article via Reuters here.
Jack’s Story
The latest news from Charlotte and Roy A. Hagelin is that they found a match for Jacks stem cell transplant! More about Jack soon. Recorder Newspapers Fairfield boy struggles with rare genetic disorders By JACLYN STOLFI Staff Writer 07/22/2005 FAIRFIELD TWP – “Finding NEMO” was only half the battle for Jack Hagelin, 2, and his…
Green light for ‘designer babies’ @ The New Zealand Herald
Green light for ‘designer babies’ 31.07.05 By Amanda Cameron An Auckland clinic has been given the go-ahead to begin screening embryos for parents wanting to give birth to babies without genetic disorders. The screening technology – pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) – will allow parents who are at risk of passing on certain inherited diseases to…
Designer baby Jodie leaves hospital @ Belfast Telegraph
Designer baby Jodie leaves hospital By Nigel Gould 19 July 2005 She may be only four days old – but little Jodie Fletcher is already a history-maker. And this is the first picture of the babe-in-arms since leaving the Royal’s maternity unit in Belfast for her new home in Moira. Tiny Jodie is everything Julie…
Research backs ‘Lorenzo’s Oil’ treatment of disease @ Boston Globe
Research backs ‘Lorenzo’s Oil’ treatment of disease Early detection called key to effectiveness By Carey Goldberg, Globe Staff | July 12, 2005 New research offers scientific vindication for the parents whose fight to save their ailing son inspired the 1992 movie ”Lorenzo’s Oil.” It comes too late to help the real-life Lorenzo, who is nearly…
Weird parenting news from Mexico
Mexican woman gives birth to 6 girls Associated Press Jul. 6, 2005 02:30 PM MEXICO CITY – A woman in northern Mexico has given birth to six girls and all are doing well, her doctor said Wednesday. Joana Elizabeth Sanchez, 25, gave birth by Caesarean section on Monday to babies that weighed between 2 pounds…
Baltimore gives genetic disease the finger @ Wired
Giving Genetic Disease the Finger By Sam Jaffe Scientists are closing in on techniques that could let them safely repair almost any defective gene in a patient, opening the door for the first time to treatments for a range of genetic disorders that are now considered incurable. The breakthrough, announced in the journal Nature in…
Creating a life to save two others @ The Enterprise
A story of a Bridgewater, MA. family thinking about PGD to cure twin girls of thalassemia, treated at Children’s Hospital Boston. Some of my comments in the middle of the article in CAPS below. Creating a life to save two others By Jean Porrazzo, Enterprise staff writer … The technology is there to screen embryos…
Artifacts from the future @ Wired
This artifact featured in the latest issue of Wired Magazine. A mirror that detects your type of cold virus. “Antivirus Cyborg Edition Hello Ashley: We regret to inform you that you have contracted: SOL.suXXOR Cold Virus.” Beats waiting for 48 hour cultures!