Technology & Society
An Australian woman received a transplant of her own healthy ovarian tissue after her ovaries were removed due to cancer. It was transplanted into her abdomen where it grew eggs that led to a successful pregnancy following traditional IVF. Amazing
Aaron Saenz at Singularity Hub writes a thoughtful review of 100+: What would you do with another 75 years on this Earth? Not as a pain wracked wizened elder in a nursing home, but as a vibrant super-centenarian with the
That’s what a new Danish study says. Here’s the news report. “NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Healthier sperm may mean longer life, according to a study that followed more than 40,000 Danish men for up to 40 years. In an
It’s a fact that as humans age, the chance of getting cancer increases. Unfortunately for Carmen Bousada and her twin boys, she fell to the disease much earlier than she had expected. Her own mother had lived to 101 years,
This bolsters the argument that “stem cells can generate any cell in the body,” and also has big ramifications for future fertility technologies. From Time.com: “Researchers at Newcastle University in England report they have coaxed the first human sperm cells
From The Week (a magazine I love): Men can make sperm until they die, but women are born with a finite number of eggs in their ovaries—or so scientists have long believed. But a new study by Chinese scientists has
This is yet another success story from the fertility sector. The interesting thing is that when the man froze his sperm, the technique used for creating his baby had not yet been invented. His faith that one day it might
Most men I know think they don’t have an “expiry date” when it comes to having children, but the evidence is starting to point out that they do. Given that most of the research in turning back biological clocks is
The news of octuplets born recently near Los Angeles shocked many people, especially since the mother, Nadya Suleman, already had six children and is reported to be jobless and living with her parents. Such rare stories certainly sell newspapers, but
This woman from Calgary is by no means the oldest to give birth, but her case brings attention again to the use of fertility technologies as human longevity is extended. This topic will constitute a chapter in my upcoming book,