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100 _aHealy, Melissa,
245 0 _aFertility's New Frontier.
_cMelissa Healy.
260 _bLos Angeles Times,
_c2003.
440 _aSIRS Enduring Issues 2004.
_nArticle 35,
_pScience,
_x1522-3264;
500 _aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004.
500 _aOriginally Published: Fertility's New Frontier, July 21, 2003; pp. F1+.
520 _a"Peering into the genetic code of an eight-cell creature scarcely stirs excitement anymore in labs across America. But when the eight-cell creature is a human embryo--an egg and sperm united in a petri dish just 72 hours before--the sight of chromosomes lighted up in neat, color-coded pairs stirs excitement, and something deeper as well. It stirs hope." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article examines the genetic testing of human embryos that are still in the incubator, a new technology that may lead to elimination of inherited diseases.
599 _aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
650 _aBioethics
650 _aEugenics
650 _aFertilization in vitro
_xHuman
650 _aGenetic disorders
_xTreatment
650 _aGenetic screening
650 _aHuman embryo
650 _aInfertility
_xTreatment
650 _aPreimplantation genetic diagnosis
710 _aProQuest Information and Learning Company
_tSIRS Enduring Issues 2004,
_pScience.
_x1522-3264;
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