Ariana Cha
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Infographic: From head to toe, coronavirus affects the body in unpredictable ways
Today, there is widespread recognition the novel coronavirus is far more unpredictable than a simple respiratory virus. Often it attacks ...
Can someone be held responsible when donor sperm leads to a genetic disorder?
After Danielle Rizzo’s first son and then her second were diagnosed with autism, she has struggled with the how and ...
‘An insurance policy for the future’: Why some healthy young men are freezing their sperm
Gilbert Sanchez froze his sperm in January [2019], shortly before his 25th birthday. He was healthy and at low-risk for ...
Frozen embryos: Who owns them and do they have legal rights?
With the number of frozen embryos in the United States soaring into the millions, disputes over who owns them are ...
Meet the doctor leading research on ethically fraught ‘three-parent’ babies
When future historians look back on the 21st century, one of the most iconic photos may be of a smiling, ...
Do cell phones cause cancer? Long-awaited study offers mixed results, no definitive answer
The long-awaited results of a $25 million National Institutes of Health study on the effects of cellphone radio-frequency radiation exposure on animals is ...
In vitro fertilization planning: How many eggs do you need to freeze?
[W]hen you freeze a batch of eggs, that's no guarantee any or all of them will make it through the ...
Lay off the ibuprofen? Painkiller may lower male testosterone
In recent decades, prompted by concerns that men's sperm quality is declining, researchers have looked at things they suspect of ...
‘Three-parent’ children? FDA admonishes fertility company, blocks procedure
On [August 4], regulators issued a sternly worded letter to fertility doctor John Zhang, who helped a mother with a genetic disorder give ...
Dentists may start using stem cells to fix teeth
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