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Bone marrow donations could become profitable as a result of lawsuit
November 16, 2009 by Baby Chums
Filed under Baby Health, News
Current US law bans bone marrow donors to profit. However, a lawsuit filed by the Institute for Justice challenges this prohibition as a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause.
Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) involves taking a healthy sample of stem cells from bone marrow belonging to a healthy donor. This is then injected into [...]
Cancer link between mother and baby proven
October 14, 2009 by Shawn Douglas
Filed under Baby Health, News
Cancer passed from a 28-year-old Japanese mother to her baby, something that was theorized as possible but not proven.
A study led by Professor Mel Greaves of the Institute of Cancer Research in Sutton, Surrey, has proven that it’s possible for cancer cells to be transferred from a mother to a baby while in the womb.
The [...]
Man Becomes a Daddy 22 Years After Freezing Sperm
A couple in Charlotte, NC have set the world record for having used the longest frozen sperm to produce a baby.
Chris Biblis was diagnosed with leukemia at the age of 13 and was treated with 3 years of chemotherapy. When he truned 16, doctors told his parents that he would need more chemotherapy along with radiation, which [...]
21-year-old sperm produces baby for IVF couple in USA
April 10, 2009 by Baby Chums
Filed under News, Pregnancy
A North Carolina, USA, couple welcomed a baby last month that was born via IVF, (In vitro fertilization) from her father’s frozen 21-year-old sperm.
Reproductive Endocrinology Associates of Charlotte (REACH) disclosed on Thursday the birth of a baby girl conceived through IVF using sperm frozen for 21 years.
Chris Biblis, 38, the babies father, was treated for [...]




