A Child Against All Odds
Compared to the famously fecund rabbit, for whom a single act of coitus has a 90% chance of creating a litter of up to 12 rabbits, humans are very infertile animals. Here in the UK, the average chance of conception is about 18% per month. And in 98% of cases, successful conception leads only to the birth of a single infant. It is unsurprising then that huge efforts have been made to increase our fertility.In vitro fertilisation, first attempted one hundred years ago, has now become big business. Market forces, combined with the desperation of many couples to fulfil their biological imperative, have pushed doctors and scientists closer to the…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4464-3756-8
- EAN: 9781446437568
- Produktnummer: 14347360
- Verlag: Transworld Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 560 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 491 KB
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Robert Winston
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