Non-IVF fertility treatments mean multiple births stay high in USA
A high level of twin, triplet and other multiple births in the USA may be down to a rise in fertility treatments like ovarian stimulation being used independently of IVF...
Dr Victoria Burchell is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, having originally joined the publication under the auspices of its writing scheme. She is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Padua in Italy, where her research focuses on mitochondria in cell death mechanisms. She also works as a freelance scientific proofreader and editor. She obtained her PhD from University College London (UCL)'s Institute of Neurology, where her research focused on the pathogenic mechanisms underlying Parkinson’s disease. Previously she studied Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge, and went on to work as a molecular biologist at Pfizer.
A high level of twin, triplet and other multiple births in the USA may be down to a rise in fertility treatments like ovarian stimulation being used independently of IVF...
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