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01.06.2015 | Original Article

Will Artificial Gametes End Infertility?

verfasst von: Anna Smajdor, Daniela Cutas

Erschienen in: Health Care Analysis | Ausgabe 2/2015

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Abstract

In this paper we will look at the various ways in which infertility can be understood and at how need for reproductive therapies can be construed. We will do this against the background of research with artificial gametes (AGs). Having explored these questions we will attempt to establish the degree to which technologies such as AGs could expand the array of choices that people have to reproduce and/or become parents. Finally, we will examine whether and in what ways the most promising developments of such technologies are likely to bring about the “end of infertility”.

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Titel: Will Artificial Gametes End Infertility?
verfasst von: Anna Smajdor
Daniela Cutas
Publikationsdatum: 01.06.2015
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Health Care Analysis / Ausgabe 2/2015
Print ISSN: 1065-3058
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-3394
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-013-0268-x

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