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IVF add-ons are a waste of money – fertility clinics should ban them

7 August 2019

IVF has brought joy for millions of childless people, but additional procedures touted to boost success rates add to nothing but the price, says Clare Wilson

Why has a UK team genetically edited human embryos?

20 September 2017

The aim of the work is to better understand embryonic development, rather than to see if genome editing could prevent diseases in children

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IVF add-ons are a waste of money – fertility clinics should ban them

Why has a UK team genetically edited human embryos?

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