‘Have We Become Too Careless?’: Alleged IVF Mix-Up Highlights Role Human Error Can Play In Medicine

A couple is suing a fertility clinic after the woman gave birth to twins who appear to be from different parents. "It's this agonizing process to grow embryos. And it involves almost over 200 different steps and when you assume this happens to thousands of patients every year within that laboratory, all of a sudden you've got a lot of moving parts," says IVF expert Jake Anderson.

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