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Stem cell storage
Storing your baby’s stem cells might provide a lifeline if they fall seriously ill in future. Here we investigate this relatively new private health service… Stem cells – the basic building blocks of human life – are already being successfully used as part of the treatment for childhood leukaemia and various forms of cancer but they also…
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Fertility watchdog branded ‘incompetent’
Top fertility expert Robert Winston has called for the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) to be scrapped, branding it incompetent. Speaking in an interview for BBC Radio 4′s Today programme, Lord Winston said the group’s “shocking mismanagement” of recent issues had led him to speak out. The HFEA licenses fertility clinics and regulates embryo…
