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Baby born from 30-year-old embryo

The world’s oldest baby was born last week, from an embryo frozen three decades ago. Thaddeus Daniel Pierce was conceived in 1994, one of four embyros produced by American Linda Archerd as a result of IVF treatment. One became her daughter, now 30, and she kept the other three in storage after her marriage ended.

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