https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A pioneering Italian gynaecologist best known for helping women in their 60s to have babies has been arrested on suspicion of removing eggs from a patient without her consent. https://www.thelocal.it/20160514/italian-fertility-doctor-suspected-of-stealing-patients-eggs Sat, 14 May 2016 15:55:20 +0200 italian-fertility-doctor-suspected-of-stealing-patients-eggs Italian designers Dolce and Gabbana on Monday accused Elton John of being authoritarian, ignorant and hypocritical in a row over IVF babies, escalating a spat that has embroiled some of the world's biggest stars. https://www.thelocal.it/20150316/italian-designer-duo-slam-elton-john-in-ivf-babies-row Mon, 16 Mar 2015 16:31:42 +0100 italian-designer-duo-slam-elton-john-in-ivf-babies-row British pop legend Elton John called for a boycott of Dolce and Gabbana on Sunday after one of the designers behind the Italian fashion label condemned IVF babies as "synthetic". https://www.thelocal.it/20150316/elton-john-boycotts-dg-over-ivf-comments Mon, 16 Mar 2015 09:00:00 +0100 elton-john-boycotts-dg-over-ivf-comments DNA tests have confirmed that the embryos implanted in a woman in Rome who then became pregnant with twins are not in fact hers. The genetic parents of the twins have now been identified and informed. https://www.thelocal.it/20140417/italy-embryo-mix-up-real-parents-identified Thu, 17 Apr 2014 16:41:00 +0200 italy-embryo-mix-up-real-parents-identified DNA tests will be carried out on four couples who underwent fertility treatment on the same day at a clinic in Rome following the discovery that one of the women became pregnant with the twins of another couple. https://www.thelocal.it/20140415/embryo-mix-up-couples-to-get-dna-tests Tue, 15 Apr 2014 12:29:00 +0200 embryo-mix-up-couples-to-get-dna-tests A woman who underwent fertility treatment at a clinic in Rome became pregnant with the twins of another couple after their embryos were mixed up, press reports said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140414/italian-ivf-patient-pregnant-with-wrong-baby Mon, 14 Apr 2014 10:50:00 +0200 italian-ivf-patient-pregnant-with-wrong-baby