Ethical link between IVF and stem-cell research

Wolpert, Lewis

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Published: 13 September 2001

Ethical link between IVF and stem-cell research

Lewis Wolpert¹

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I fully support your editorial “The meaning of life” (Nature 412, 255; 2001), in which you argue that individual life does not begin with fertilization of the egg and that it thus should not be used as an argument against creating embryonic stem cells, which requires the destruction of fertilized embryos. Hubert Markl's Commentary “Research doesn't denigrate humanity” (Nature 412, 479–480; 2001) makes a similar point.

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Wolpert, L. Ethical link between IVF and stem-cell research. Nature 413, 107–108 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35093269

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Kylie 11 January 2018, 14:33

On one hand, thank god for IVF. It is good to have something that will solve infertility for a proportion of the population. But I think it's incredibly difficult to go through again and again and again. Statistics are blunt - it's more likely it won't work. Most clinics will prepare you for this, but as you get closer to signing on the dotted line, the hope becomes a largely positive expectation. This is something that is VERY difficult to not do, as it is the only way to keep sane thru the process. We were looking for the clinic with acceptable prices for like a month. After despair night full of tears and endless flow of information. We finally set up with Kiev biotexcom clinic. I knew that it will be taught experience. First seeing the state of roads and the life of the population, I just got stronger in my opinion. After the queue at the clinic that brought me back in moments of desperation when we were looking for a clinic and the terrible heat of foreigners were driving me into frustration. However they gave me the love of my life, my wonderful boy.