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2nd ed
Summary: Looks at the heart-breaking reality of infertility, including the causes, possible treatments, and related side effects, such as multiple births and the inheritance of genetic diseases. It looks into the techniques used in IVF treatment and explains embryo transfer and storage, egg donation, and reproductive technologies, such as ICSI. It also considers the ethics surrounding groundbreaking stem-cell research, surrogacy, frozen embryos, and the “older mothers” debate