N.J. infertility law is a mixed blessing for couples, firms
Doris and Kevin Cistrelli had almost given up their dream of having children. The couple, from Edison, N.J., had been through four artificial-insemination treatments without success. And they couldn't afford in vitro fertilization, the expensive, high-tech procedure bringing egg and sperm together in a lab dish.
( By Edward Colimore, Inquirer Staff Writer, 08/19/2002 06:36 AM PDT)

U.S. couple apparently will try cloning
An American couple who consulted in Lexington with cloning advocate Panos Zavos apparently will be one of the first seven couples to try a controversial human cloning procedure.
( By Valarie Honeycutt Spears And Jim Warren, HERALD-LEADER STAFF WRITERS, 08/07/2002 08:09 AM PDT)

Mix-up of embryos at clinic spurs suits
Jane Doe planned her single parenthood carefully, wanting to avoid the potential custody battles of an adoption turned sour. She selected anonymous egg and sperm donors to create an embryo that would be hers alone.
( By Barbara Feder Ostrov, SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, 08/05/2002 08:24 AM PDT)

Tests reveal parents after IVF mixup
A judge said Wednesday that a white woman who gave birth to biracial twins after receiving fertility treatment is the biological mother of the babies, but her husband, who also is white, is not their father.
( 08/01/2002 06:28 AM PDT)

Two born from dead man's sperm
Diane Blood, who fought a legal battle for the right to have a child using her dead husband's sperm, has given birth to a second baby by the same method, her family said Wednesday.
( 07/18/2002 08:38 AM PDT)

Japan health minister pushes for fertility funds
Japan's health minister wants the government to pay for couples to have fertility treatment as one way to fight a chronic baby shortage that is casting a cloud over the nation's economic future.
( Reuters, 07/17/2002 11:00 AM PDT)

Britain in-vitro mix-up raises concerns
Experts called today for an investigation of Britain's in-vitro fertilization program after reports that a white couple who underwent the procedure had black twins.
( By ED JOHNSON, Associated Press, 07/10/2002 08:23 AM PDT)

Study: Pregnancy Likely in 2 Years
Most healthy couples who are worried because the woman is not pregnant after a year of trying will conceive during the second year, a new study shows.
( EMMA ROSS, AP Medical Writer, 07/03/2002 12:01 PM PDT)

New method tried to select sperm
A new method that allows fertility doctors to select genetically healthy sperm raises the possibility they will soon be able to routinely pick good sperm, giving them a better chance of success in creating test tube babies.
( EMMA ROSS, AP Medical Writer, 07/02/2002 07:27 AM PDT)