Healthy baby born from embryo frozen for 24 years in US
A scientist examines a human embryo (Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Wire)


A Tennessee couple has welcomed a healthy baby girl born from an embryo that had been frozen for 24 years, U.S. media reported Tuesday.

Emma Wren was born last month to parents Tina and Benjamin Gibson, the WND website reported, and, according to researchers at the University of Tennessee, holds the record for the longest frozen embryo to be birthed.

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