This film documents the Progress Educational Trust event 'The Health of IVF Babies: What Do We Know? What Do We Need to Find Out?', produced in partnership with the Scottish Government.
(If you cannot see the film below, click here to view it.)
| Introduction | |
| 0:00:00 | Sarah Norcross Director, Progress Educational Trust |
| Presentations | |
| 0:02:44 | Professor Daniel Brison Professor of Clinical Embryology and Stem Cell Biology, University of Manchester |
| 0:14:23 | Professor Anja Bisgaard Pinborg Chief Consultant, Juliane Marie Centre |
| 0:29:57 | Dr Carrie Williams Clinical Paediatrician, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health |
| 0:44:10 | Dr Sebastiaan Mastenbroek Senior Clinical Embryologist, Amsterdam UMC |
| Discussion | |
| 0:59:13 | Responses to audience questions and comments |
This film was made by Video Production Edinburgh.
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