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Red-crested white crane hatched in Toyama from egg laid elsewhere

TOYAMA, Japan - A baby red-crested white crane hatched at the Toyama Family Park municipal zoo in Toyama, Toyama Prefecture on May 27 from one of two fertilized eggs laid at the Hamura municipal zoo in Tokyo. According to Toyama Family Park officials, this is the third successful case of red-crested white crane hatching in Japan from eggs laid elsewhere. The Toyama park has been trying to hatch red-crested white cranes but none of the eggs laid at the zoo was fertilized, zoo officials say. The egg that hatched was laid in April and sent to Toyama on May 15. The photo shows a crane tending the newly-hatched chick inside the Toyama zoo.

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Clinic conducted unapproved tests on fertilized eggs

KOBE, Japan - Tetsuo Otani, who runs a women's clinic in Kobe's Nada Ward, speaks to reporters on Feb. 4 about the preimplantation genetic diagnosis he performed on fertilized eggs. Otani used the genetic diagnosis method on in vitro fertilized eggs from two women, contrary to the guidelines of The Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

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Old cow ova nuclei transplanted to young ovum, calf expected

MORIOKA, Japan - A surrogate mother cow (in photo taken Feb. 19) in Shizukuishi, Iwate Prefecture, is expecting a calf inheriting genetic information from aged female cows. A joint clinic and university team involved in the project said the ova nuclei from the older cows were transplanted into a younger cow's ovum, whose nucleus had been removed, and that the fertilized eggs produced through in vitro fertilization of this ovum were then transplanted into four surrogate mother cows, two of which became pregnant.

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Red-crested white crane hatched in Toyama from egg laid elsewher

TOYAMA, Japan - A tiny red-crested white crane hatched at the Toyama Family Park municipal zoo in Toyama, Toyama Prefecture on May 27 from one of two fertilized eggs laid at the Hamura municipal zoo in Tokyo. According to Toyama Family Park officials, this is the third successful case of red-crested white crane hatching in Japan from eggs laid elsewhere. The Toyama park has been trying to hatch red-crested white cranes but none of the eggs laid at the zoo was fertilized, zoo officials say. The egg that hatched was laid in April and sent to Toyama on May 15. The photo shows a crane tending the newly-hatched chick inside the Toyama zoo. (Kyodo)

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Old cow ova nuclei transplanted to young ovum, calf expected

MORIOKA, Japan - A surrogate mother cow (in photo taken Feb. 19) in Shizukuishi, Iwate Prefecture, is expecting a calf inheriting genetic information from aged female cows. A joint clinic and university team involved in the project said the ova nuclei from the older cows were transplanted into a younger cow's ovum, whose nucleus had been removed, and that the fertilized eggs produced through in vitro fertilization of this ovum were then transplanted into four surrogate mother cows, two of which became pregnant.

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Clinic conducted unapproved tests on fertilized eggs

KOBE, Japan - Tetsuo Otani, who runs a women's clinic in Kobe's Nada Ward, speaks to reporters on Feb. 4 about the preimplantation genetic diagnosis he performed on fertilized eggs. Otani used the genetic diagnosis method on in vitro fertilized eggs from two women, contrary to the guidelines of The Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology. (Kyodo)

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2 eggs laid by Chinese-donated ibis possibly fertilized

NIIGATA, Japan - A veterinary surgeon at an ibis conservation center on Sadogashima Island checks one of three eggs laid by Yang Yang, a female ibis chick that produced Japan's first artificially bred ibis chick last May. The center said two of the three eggs are likely fertilized. Yang Yang and her mate, You You, arrived in Japan in January last year as gifts from Chinese President Jiang Zemin to Emperor Akihito. The photo was released by the center April 21.