New ID tags that work even when cryogenically frozen could help prevent upsetting mix-ups at IVF clinics (Image: Sipa Press/Rex Features)
AN ELECTRONIC ID tag that works even when cryogenically frozen could help prevent some of the mix-ups in IVF clinics that can cause heartbreak for would-be parents.
Last week, when they revealed that their last viable embryo had been taken from cryogenic storage at an IVF clinic in Cardiff and mistakenly implanted into another woman. The recipient, on learning of the bungle, terminated her pregnancy.
“Their last viable embryo was taken from cryogenic storage and…
