High blood pressure and pre-eclampsia risk raised in egg-donation pregnancies
Using donated eggs in IVF increases the risk of complications, according to a study of 580 IVF patients in France.
Dr Lucy Freem is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, having originally joined the publication under the auspices of its writing scheme. She is also a researcher at the University of Edinburgh's Roslin Institute, where her research on chicken developmental biology is funded by the Wellcome Trust. She obtained her PhD at University College London's Institute of Child Health, where her research was supported by the Anatomical Society and focused on the embryological origin and development of intrinsic ganglia within the mammalian lung. Previously, she studied at the University of Cambridge.
Using donated eggs in IVF increases the risk of complications, according to a study of 580 IVF patients in France.
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