embryo
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The 22-year-old from eastern Ukraine is a surrogate, pregnant with an embryo from a Chinese couple's egg and sperm.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
In Chloe’s case, she began the pregnancy process by contracting with a fertility clinic to implant an embryo conceived with Silvia’s egg and Fausto’s sperm.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026
In the UK, in 2023, more than 50,000 patients had IVF cycles - where eggs are fertilised in a lab and the embryo is then placed in the woman's uterus.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
On the agency’s instructions, according to court records, the surrogate canceled her Medicaid and began to prepare for the embryo transfer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025
By what impetus, or instruction, was the embryo, and the final organism, generated from sperm and egg?
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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