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'Twins Lydia and Timothy Ridgeway were welcomed into the world on 31 October
2022 – more than 30 years after being frozen as embryos. They could well be the
longest-frozen embryos to ever result in a live birth, according to official
records.
The embryos were created for an anonymous married couple using in vitro
fertilization (IVF), and then stored at -196 °C (-323 °F) in liquid nitrogen on
22 April 1992. The IVF process can produce more embryos than are needed, which
can then be donated to science or to couples who want children.
The embryos which developed into the twins were donated to the National Embryo
Donation Center (NEDC) in Knoxville, Tennessee, before decades later being
passed on to parents Rachel and Philip Ridgeway from Portland, Oregon.
Philip would have been five years old when the embryos were first frozen, to
put their age into perspective.
"There is something mind-boggling about it," Philip told CNN.'
Via Rixty Dixet.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
