Experimental studies have generally shown that plants do not show a large response to CO2 fertilisation.
The fertility regulator, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, aims to reduce the multiple birth rate.
Fertilisation occurs when opposite gametes meet in the water: hence the advantage offered by proximity.
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Boeing offers an even more striking instance of cross-fertilisation between the commercial and military sectors.
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The bulk of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 will come into force on 1 October.
When the pregnancy is the result of insemination or in-vitro fertilisation without consent.
The team then harvested some of these eggs and managed to produce a normal embryo through in vitro fertilisation.
Guidance from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) is to be updated in the light of US research.
Dame Suzi, who used to chair the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, claimed the Fairness Commission was not "a gimmick".
In the UK, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has licensed a number of tightly-controlled research projects into mitochondrial diseases.
She said the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act "yet again shows itself to be wearing very thin at the seams".
Personhood supporters say the measure would not ban in-vitro fertilisation, but neither would it permit unused embryos to be destroyed.
ABB, a Swiss-Swedish engineering conglomerate, has based its entire strategy on the cross-fertilisation of ideas among employees from different countries.
Using in vitro fertilisation to select the sex of a child is illegal in Canada, and the ad was soon withdrawn.
The regulatory body, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, is due to announce the results of its public consultation next week.
And at least one private firm has come in for criticism for attempting to sell carbon credits based on ocean fertilisation.
However, any such research, whether on cloned material or not, would require alterations to the 1990 Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act.
Other ways of "getting around" the guidelines, from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority in the UK, include Gamete Intra-Fallopian Transfer (Gift).
Indeed, a group of researchers hoping to conduct more experiments on ocean fertilisation was recently ordered to stop by the German government.
If you look at the Human Fertilisation Embryology Bill which cleared some of its major hurdles, a good bill doing good things that affects people's lives.
The age limit for NHS-funded fertility treatment is 38 in Scotland and 39 in Northern Ireland, according to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.
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This pointed up the fact that some local health authorities restrict, or do not provide, procedures such as in-vitro fertilisation, cosmetic surgery and renal dialysis.
At the point at which the embryos are destroyed, a few days' development has taken place since fertilisation and they are a microscopic clump of cells.
The amendment would grant full legal protection to embryos and foetuses and could outlaw some forms of birth control, stem-cell research and possibly in vitro fertilisation.
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1991 requires clinics to take account of the welfare of the unborn child - including the need for a father.
Although human cloning is currently banned by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, Milburn says its policy could be overturned at any time and a licence issued.
Rich urbanites are increasingly willing to pay the fines, or sometimes even buy expensive in vitro fertilisation treatment that might increase their chances of having multiple births.
As part of the reforms to the 1990 Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act, the government intends to change the law to outlaw sex selection for non-medical reasons.
In the UK the HFEA (the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority) concluded that "sufficient arrangements are in place to protect the welfare of the child in these circumstances".
The vote saw MPs of all parties have a free say on the issue and were on a series of amendments to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill.
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