Live birth rate the same for embryos transferred on day three or five
There is no difference in the live birth rate when embryos are transferred on day five or day three, a multi-centre study in the Netherlands has shown...
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Blastocyst
A mammalian embryo in the first stage of development, when the fertilised egg has grown into a hollow ball made up of a few hundred cells.
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Image by K Hardy via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human embryo at the blastocyst stage (about six days after fertilisation) 'hatching' out of the zona pellucida.
Monkey embryos grown outside the womb for 25 days
Embryos have been grown in the lab for up to 25 days, the longest recorded in primates...
Image by K Hardy via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human embryo at the blastocyst stage (about six days after fertilisation) 'hatching' out of the zona pellucida.
Stem-cell-derived monkey embryo models implant in womb
Lab-made model embryos triggered pregnancy responses when placed in the uteruses of female monkeys...
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts equipment used for embryo biopsy.
TV Review: Alex Jones – Making babies
A heartfelt, eight-part series follows presenter, Alex Jones, as she trains as a fertility assistant at King's Fertility, London, over a six-month period...
Image by Bill Sanderson via the Wellcome Collection, © Wellcome Trust Ltd 1990. Depicts Laocoön and his family (from Greek and Roman mythology) entwined in coils of DNA.
Couple who lost embryos sue IVF oil manufacturer
A California couple is suing the manufacturer of an oil used during IVF, claiming a faulty batch of oil destroyed their embryos...
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Your Guide to Genetics and Genomics in the Fertility Clinic
The Progress Educational Trust, in partnership with the Scottish Government, brought together a group of experts to cut through the hype and jargon and explain the latest developments in genetics/genomics in the context of assisted conception...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts equipment used for embryo biopsy.
Flying the Flag for Fairness: How Do Countries Compare?
The second session of the Progress Educational Trust's 2022 annual conference examined how assisted reproduction is practised, funded and regulated in four different European countries: Turkey, Belgium, Germany and Italy...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts equipment used for embryo biopsy.
Ovarian tissue regrafting: It works but many English patients can't access it
Ovarian tissue grafts are a fertility preservation option for pre-pubertal patients undergoing treatment that could make them infertile. Sara Matthews explains what is holding back more patients in England from being able to access this service…
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts equipment used for embryo biopsy.
ICSI the game changer: 30 years after the first birth
Thirty years on from the birth of the first baby using intracytoplasmic sperm injection, one of the pioneers of the technique, Professor André van Steirteghem looks back on how far they have come...