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June 22, 2023, 7:55 pm

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Global list highlights early growth-stage companies ‘poised to have a significant impact on business and society’; previous cohorts included Google, Twitter, Airbnb, Spotify

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View of Assuta Hospital, Ramat haHayal, Tel Aviv. May 20, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/ FLASH90)

May 22, 2023, 9:17 pm

Health Ministry summons top Assuta officials over IVF baby mix-ups

Ministry mulls closing hospital’s in vitro fertilization clinic after latest case, sets up team to examine changes to broader IVF system in country

By ToI Staff

Assuta Medical Center in Tel Aviv's Ramat HaHayal neighborhood, May 20, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

May 20, 2023, 7:11 pm

Health Ministry expected to probe hospital’s latest possible embryo mix-up

Report says officials deliberating between having committee that is already investigating similar case examine matter or forming new panel

By ToI Staff

Illustrative image: A lab in an IVF clinic. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

May 19, 2023, 9:56 pm

Health Ministry slams hospital’s handling of potential embryo mix-up

Assuta Medical Center denies improper conduct after ministry accuses it of serious breach of protocol at Tel Aviv facility

By ToI Staff

Illustrative image: A single sperm is injected directly into an egg as part of IVF (Lars Neumann via iStock by Getty Images)

May 19, 2023, 9:33 am

Testing uncovers another possible embryo mix-up at Assuta clinic

Results show DNA of child, born through IVF at Tel Aviv hospital in 2018, may not match father’s, less than a year after similar error ignited media storm

By Michael Horovitz

Illustrative. In vitro fertilization (IVF) of an egg cell. (iStock by Getty Images/ man_at_mouse)

March 23, 2023, 2:23 pm

Panel finds Assuta Rishon Lezion IVF mix-up due to embryologists’ too-heavy workload

Experts’ report points to likely genetic parents of embryo implanted in wrong woman, who gave birth last October; blames error on financial motivations and lack of oversight

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Assuta Medical Center in Rishon Lezion. (Screen capture: Google Maps)

March 16, 2023, 2:51 am

Parents given wrong embryo set to sue hospital for NIS 100 million

Lawsuit against Assuta Hospital to focus on malpractice, distress faced by family; Supreme Court ruled last week to halt genetic testing to find biological couple

By ToI Staff

Illustrative: An in vitro fertilization embryologist works on a petri dish at a fertility clinic in London, August 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

March 6, 2023, 2:55 pm

Supreme Court rules no genetic tests to find origin of wrongly implanted embryo

Justices side with couple raising child, overturning lower court’s decision to allow testing to go ahead; parents hail ‘miracle’ ruling

By ToI Staff

December 18, 2022, 4:18 pm

Court halts genetic testing for possible parents of wrongly implanted embryo

Baby, nearly 2 months old, to have a legal representative appointed for her amid discussions on whether sampling to identify biological origins should continue

By ToI Staff

December 7, 2022, 2:14 pm

6 couples can undergo testing to find origin of wrongly implanted embryo, court says

Couple who gave birth appeal against decision, ask for delay; one of the women: ‘If this is my baby, I will fight for her’; baby girl said to have undergone heart surgery

By ToI Staff

December 6, 2022, 10:14 am

Parents given wrong embryo said planning to sue hospital for $3 million

6 couples who suspect the child is biologically theirs are seeking to force genetic testing to ascertain the matter

By ToI Staff

Health Ministry Director Prof. Nachman Ash (left) and Dr. Hadar Mizrahi hold a press conference about the Health Ministry's investigation into the case of a pregnant woman who was mistakenly inseminated with a fetus that was not genetically hers, near Tel Aviv, November 27, 2022. (Gideon Markowicz/Flash90)

November 27, 2022, 9:00 pm

Health Ministry ends search for parents of mistaken embryo, won’t shutter ward

Ministry chief says Assuta’s fertility ward to reduce operations by 50%; search called off for biological parents after potential couple dismissed by genetic testing

By ToI Staff

Illustrative image: a newborn baby (iStock via Getty Images)

October 26, 2022, 7:04 pm

Woman mistakenly implanted with wrong embryo gives birth to baby girl

With no other current claims for custody, mother asks for privacy; other women who did fertility treatment at Assuta Medical Center set to demand tests

By ToI Staff

Illustrative: Genetic testing. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)

October 24, 2022, 6:44 pm

Genetic test finds couple are not biological parents of mistakenly implanted embryo

With woman carrying child that isn’t biologically hers due to give birth within days, Rishon Lezion hospital must now test further women to determine who is biological mother

By ToI Staff

October 19, 2022, 8:05 pm

Court orders genetic test to identify biological parents in embryo mix-up

If a match is found, a legal process will determine who receives custody over the baby, due within days; woman carrying embryo has so far refused such tests

By ToI Staff