For a boy with leukemia. Mother is 47. I wonder why they make it public at this stage… B.C. couple put faith in ‘saviour sibling’ Battle to save son’s life raises ethical and moral concerns VANCOUVER – Parents Mike and Pam Obadia are opting for desperate — and controversial — measures to boost the…
Savior Siblings – PGD
Sweden savior sibling attempt
“Savior Sibling” or “Designer Baby”? For the first time a child is to be born in Sweden intentionally to be a donor for a sibling suffering from a deadly disease. A family in Trollhättan in western Sweden has received permission from the authorities for the complicated procedure to pick an embryo with the right…
Savior sibling misfortune via Daily Mail UK
I had a ‘saviour sibling’ to cure my desperately ill son – but now I’ve found out my newborn daughter can’t save his life Donna Zammit’s first, tearful words to her husband Thomas after their baby daughter was born six weeks ago were: “I did this for Jamie.” Strange words, but then baby Donatella…
Via AFP: Australian parents sue over IVF son: report
Strange.. Tough luck… I wonder if they are also suing their parents for having them?And their grandparents for giving birth to their parents who gave birth to them? SYDNEY (AFP) — An Australian couple who used IVF to conceive a daughter to avoid passing on an incurable disease which only affects males are suing their doctors after…
Maura & Anne Marie at Andy’s school
Maura & Anne Marie are nurses at Six West, the stem cell transplant unit at Children’s Hospital Boston. They visited Andy’s school last Tuesday March 11 to talk to his classmates about his transplant. It was a great presentation. Thank you Maura & Anne Marie! Andy feels more confident. Andy’s teacher reminded me that I’m…
“The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible.”
“The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible.”~ Albert Einstein
Vatican lists 7 social sins
This from Bloomberg: Pope Benedict XVI has spoken out on social issues throughout his three-year papacy. He backs a current political initiative to outlaw abortions after 90 days and encouraged Catholics to abstain from a 2005 referendum on easing restrictive laws on fertility treatments, which failed to achieve the 50 percent participation level to make…
Acupuncture boosts in-vitro pregnancy chances: study
Acupuncture boosts in-vitro pregnancy chances: study PARIS (AFP) — Acupuncture can increase the chance of success for couples seeking to have a baby through in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), according to a review published online Friday by the British Medical Journal (BMJ). The paper looked at seven studies in which 1,366 women undergoing IVF were given acupuncture…
Katie and Christopher Trebing via ABC News
Rare Bone Marrow Disease With Only One Cure Family Uses Genetic Engineering to Save Daughter’s Life There was one way to cure Katie and allow her to live a normal life: a bone marrow transplant from a perfectly matched sibling. But Katie’s older brother Calvin was not a match. They would need to give…
Spirit of Giving – Sister Savior – Stem Cell Research
SISTER, SAVIOR By Kate Kruschwitz Children’s Immunology chief Raif Geha, MD, and gastroenterologist Samuel Nurko, MD, MPH, struggled to bring Andy’s infections under control. Meanwhile, Jordan Orange, MD, PhD, an immuno-genetics specialist, searched for clues to Andy’s condition. Orange was conducting research on the immune system’s master switch, the gene NF-kB Essential Modulator, or NEMO….