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The first babies have been born to a pioneering IVF technique that boosts a woman's chances of getting pregnant by screening her embryos for genetic defects.The newborns were conceived in a clinical trial during which 80% of women taking part gave birth after one cycle of IVF treatment, an Oxford-based team of doctors will announce this week.The procedure is suitable only for women considered unlikely to get pregnant with standard fertility treatment because of their age, or those who have a history of failed IVF.The most striking result from the trial suggests that selecting embryos with the new technique improves the chances of them implanting in the mother's womb by nearly 2.5 times.'We thought we'd get an advantage using this procedure, but we didn't think it would be anything like what we've seen,' said Dagan Wells, a fertility specialist at Oxford University and the genetics screening company Reprogenetics UK.The women who signed up for the trial were on average 39 years old and

The first babies have been born to a pioneering IVF technique that boosts a woman's chances of getting pregnant by screening her embryos for genetic defects.The newborns were conceived in a clinical trial during which 80% of women taking part gave birth after one cycle of IVF treatment, an Oxford-based team of doctors will announce this week.The procedure is suitable only for women considered unlikely to get pregnant with standard fertility treatment because of their age, or those who have a history of failed IVF.The most striking result from the trial suggests that selecting embryos with the new technique improves the chances of them implanting in the mother's womb by nearly 2.5 times.'We thought we'd get an advantage using this procedure, but we didn't think it would be anything like what we've seen,' said Dagan Wells, a fertility specialist at Oxford University and the genetics screening company Reprogenetics UK.The women who signed up for the trial were on average 39 years old and

We think it's time to get started on the really important discussion, namely about which is better between the ASU and UA football teams.

DENVER (Reuters) - The flight of a home-made helium balloon that touched off a frantic rescue attempt for the young boy thought to be aboard was a publicity-seeking hoax, a Colorado sheriff said on Sunday.

When the Army flew home the body of Spc. Stephan Mace from Afghanistan, his mother climbed aboard a small jet with the flag-draped coffin for the last leg of his trip. 'I brought him into this world, and he was my baby,' she said. 'I thought it was my responsibility as a mother to bring him home,' Vanessa Adelson said.

DENVER (Reuters) - The flight of a home-made helium balloon that touched off a frantic rescue attempt for the young boy thought to be aboard was a publicity-seeking hoax, a Colorado sheriff said on Sunday.

At the very edge of our solar system, NASA scientists have discovered a mysterious stripe of hydrogen that defies all current expectations about what we thought it might look like.

UNPLACED Caulfield Cup favourite Predatory Pricer's injury-enforced departure from Saturday's $3million Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley has virtually assured Bart Cummings' three-year-old So You Think a place in the starting line-up.

DENVER (Reuters) - The bizarre flight of a home-made helium balloon, thought to have a 6-year-old boy aboard, was a hoax and publicity stunt, a Colorado sheriff said on Sunday.

Tehran blames US and Britain after at least 29 people die in suicide bomb attack in Sistan-Baluchistan provinceIran's military suffered a heavy blow today when a suicide bomber killed at least 29 people in the country's volatile south-east, including several Revolutionary Guard commanders.The victims included the guards' commander, General Noor Ali Shooshtari, thought to be the most senior member killed in recent years.Local media said at least 28 had been wounded in the bombing at a conference hall in Sarbaz in Sistan-Baluchistan, Iran's poorest province, as Revolutionary Guard commanders met local tribal elders.Conflicting reports said an undetermined number of commanders had died. Initial accounts put the number at six, but Hosein Ali Shahriari, MP for Zahedan, the provincial capital, told the semi-official news agency ILNA, that at least 20 commanders had died.Rajab Ali Mohammadzadeh, chief commander of Sistan-Baluchistan province, was also killed.It was Iran's highest military dea