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Intellectual Property Impacts of In Vitro Gametogenesis

In vitro gametogenesis (IVG) is a recent development in reproductive technology, and has been used for creating mouse embryos in vitro. IVG includes obtaining cells from a donor (such as skin cells), and differentiating the cells in a laboratory culture…

May 16, 2018Unsorted3 min read

Patenting and regulation of methods for creating three-parent babies

A new infertility technique, mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT), has been used to create so called “three-parent” babies. MRT is used in cases when mothers carry genes for mitochondrial diseases. Similar to in vitro fertilization (IVF),…

May 10, 2018Unsorted2 min read