Ethics Dumping and Medical Tourism In A Fertility Study in Mexico

by Craig Klugman, Ph.D. Last week, NPR reported on a new pre-publication article published in the journal Human Reproduction (HR). The study was conducted in Mexico where 81 women received in vivo assisted reproduction (a cycle of ovarian stimulation followed by artificial insemination—introduction of sperm into her body). After several days, researchers used the patented Previvo Genetics1 lavage device to wash the embryos out her uterus. Twenty of these women also underwent a (second) more traditional in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycle and all embryos were tested for “euploidy rates” (having the correct number of chromosomes) and morphology (shape and appearance of the cells).…
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