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An alternative proposal to the destruction of abandoned human embryos

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  1. The Center for Human Reproduction, New York, New York, USA

    Norbert Gleicher

  2. The Foundation for Reproductive Medicine, New York, New York, USA

    Norbert Gleicher

  3. The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA

    Norbert Gleicher

  4. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Vienna School of Medicine, Vienna, Austria

    Norbert Gleicher

  5. Division of Medical Ethics, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York, USA

    Arthur L Caplan

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N.G. is owner of The Center for Human Reproduction, a for-profit fertility center. He is co-inventor on a number of pending and already awarded US patents claiming therapeutic benefits from androgen supplementation in women with low functional ovarian reserve and relating to the FMR1 gene in a diagnostic function in female fertility. He receives royalties from Fertility Nutraceuticals, in which he also holds shares. N.G. is also a co-inventor of three pending AMH-related patent applications, and shareholder in OvaNova Laboratories.

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Gleicher, N., Caplan, A. An alternative proposal to the destruction of abandoned human embryos. Nat Biotechnol 36, 139–141 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.4070

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