Stories
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Womb milk and the puzzle of the placenta
A human baby needs milk to survive – and this holds true even before it’s born. Joanna Wolfarth explores “womb milk”, as well as ancient and modern ideas about the placenta.
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A history of gestation outside the body
It’s been over 400 years since a Swiss alchemist theorised that foetuses could develop outside the womb. Claire Horn examines incubator technology past and present, and explores the possibilities recent prototypes might bring.
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A history of twins in science
For thousands of years, twins have been a source of fascination in mythology, religion and the arts. Since the 19th century, they have also been the subject of scientific study and experimentation.
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Mixed heritage lesbian couples and fertility treatment
For a lesbian couple who want to share their different cultural heritages with their child, fertility treatment can get very complicated.
Catalogue
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Embryo experimentation / prepared by the National Bioethics Consultative Committee.
National Bioethics Consultative Committee (Australia)Date: [1991]- Books
Embryo research in pluralistic Europe / D. Solter [and others].
Date: [2003], ©2003- Books
Embryo politics : ethics and policy in Atlantic democracies / Thomas Banchoff.
Banchoff, Thomas F., 1964-Date: 2011- Books
Embryo : a defense of human life / Robert P. George and Christopher Tollefsen.
George, Robert P.Date: [2008], ©2008- Books
Embryo culture : making babies in the twenty-first century / Beth Kohl.
Kohl, Beth, 1968-Date: 2007