This article discusses the global health issue of sickle cell disease especially among African populations, which remains a severe problem 100 years after its discovery.
ritics question what happens to children when they grow older and parents die
science behind
it is seemingly simple and has been around for more than 20 years.
Bhateri Devi is post-menopausal and has no more eggs. In her case Dr. Bishnoi says he fertilized a young woman's egg with sperm from Devi's husband in a Petri dish and then injected the fetus into his 66-year-old patient's uterus.
"Medically it is possible, but medically it is also possible to use the same technique in a pre-pubescent girl.--Dr. Sohani Verma
Before the procedure, patients have to take a few months of hormone treatment to prepare the body. This is known as in vitro fertilization, or IVF, a technique being used all over the world.