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Infertility breakthrough as cancer drug sparks growth of new eggs in 'astonishing' discovery Infertile women have been offered new hope after scientists found that a common cancer drug triggers the development of new eggs, an outcome which was previously thought to be impossible.

Meet the World's First 'Three-Parent' Baby - D-brief The child, now five months old, has the typical packages of DNA from his mom and dad, but he also has a tiny bit of donor DNA.

Mice produced by mitotic reprogramming of s***m injected into haploid parthenogenotes
(Nature Communications)

Mice produced by mitotic reprogramming of s***m injected into haploid parthenogenotes It is unclear what regulates gamete reprogramming competence. Here, the authors inject s***m into parthenogenetic embryos, generating viable offspring and show that mouse embryos in the mitotic cell cycle can reprogram s***m for full term development.

IVF News - Australian IVF experts propose allowing gender selection Australian IVF clinics are calling for parents to be permitted to choose the s*x of their third child if they already have two children of the same gender.

Extended abstract: http://humrep.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/06/20/humrep.dew123.abstract

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