{"id":26,"date":"2014-05-09T15:14:41","date_gmt":"2014-05-09T15:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/?p=26"},"modified":"2014-06-09T13:51:03","modified_gmt":"2014-06-09T13:51:03","slug":"fertility-treatments-threaten-our-humanity-warns-robert-winston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/2014\/05\/09\/fertility-treatments-threaten-our-humanity-warns-robert-winston\/","title":{"rendered":"Fertility treatments &#8216;threaten our humanity&#8217;, warns Robert Winston"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/2014\/05\/09\/fertility-treatments-threaten-our-humanity-warns-robert-winston\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"225px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-27 \" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/files\/2014\/05\/3-Winston-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"3-Winston\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2014\/may\/05\/fertility-treatments-threaten-humanity-winston\" target=\"_blank\">Click<\/a>\u00a0to read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertwinston.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Prof Winston&#8217;s<\/a> article in the Guardian on Fertility treatments.<\/p>\n<p>IVF pioneer Prof\u00a0Winston has warned that a growing market for fertility treatments could &#8220;threaten our humanity&#8221;, including if the rich were able to pay for so-called &#8220;designer babies&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Click\u00a0to read Prof Winston&#8217;s article in the Guardian on Fertility treatments. 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