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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 [...]
British couple freezes baby’s umbilical cord for future
November 4, 2009 by Shawn Douglas
Filed under Baby Health, News
The British couple is thought to be the first to take advantage of the service, calling it a ‘potential life-saver’ for their child in the future.
Paula Aspinall, of Northwich, Cheshire, wants future mothers to know that umbilical cord tissue has potential life-saving value. Research has shown cells from umbilical tissue can be used in various [...]
Artificial sperm and eggs created in the laboratory
October 28, 2009 by Baby Chums
Filed under News, Pregnancy
Human Sperm and eggs have been grown in the laboratory in a breakthrough process that could change parenthood forever. Infertile men and women could have children that are biologically their own.
Moral and ethical concerns are high, particularly as children being born through entirely artificial means becomes possible, leaving men and women sidelined from the process [...]




