Other ways of "getting around" the guidelines, from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority in the UK, include Gamete Intra-Fallopian Transfer (Gift).

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However, granting gamete donors the same status as birth parents in an adoption just because there is a comparable contribution of genetic material raises many questions.

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My attention was drawn to this market by a review at the Feminist Law Professors Blog on the newest book in the gamete-trade, Sex Cells: The Medical Market for Eggs and Sperm.

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And if the parents, for whatever reason, have not disclosed the fact of gamete donation, then this new law will have no effect since the now grown child will not have any reason to seek out the information.

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In other words, if a family has already disclosed the fact of gamete donation then the parents can also choose to disclose the content of the donor profile when it is in the best interests of their child to do so.

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Maybe it should be a requirement that to patent a gene that the patented gene be attached to chromosomes or organelles that are only found in the non-motile gamete (e.g. if it exists, something like the Y-chromosome, but only existing in eggs ).

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Dr Jane Stewart, a spokeswoman for British Fertility Society and consultant gynaecologist at Newcastle Fertility Centre said the ability to generate gametes (reproducing cells) or gamete producing cells in the lab would be a "landmark achievement in the understanding and potentially treatment of fertility problems".

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