Lesbian couples sue over fertility treatment rules
Three same-sex female couples are suing the US state of New Jersey for what they claim are discriminatory rules regarding the funding of fertility treatment...
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Endometriosis
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One in three couples conceive naturally after IVF failure
Around one in three women conceive naturally in the six years after discontinuing fertility treatment, an internet survey of over 400 women has found...
IVF linked to increased risk of ovarian cancer
Women who have used assisted reproductive technologies are over a third more likely to develop ovarian cancer than other women, a large-scale study finds...
TV Review: Postcode Lottery
IVF is only miraculous and life-changing if it works, but in some areas of the country you're less likely to be able to try on the NHS. BBC One's 'Postcode Lottery' follows a couple who could attempt treatment if they lived elsewhere...
Aligning research legislation: interspecies embryos and animals containing human material
In 2008, important changes were made to the legislation governing the use of human embryos in research, the UK Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act (HFE Act) 1990. The legislation was extended to five categories of 'human admixed embryos' containing human and animal cellular or genetic components, which were brought within the licensing regime of the HFE Act...
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.
The great delay: 33 years after the first 'test-tube' baby
July marked the 33rd birthday of the world's first 'test-tube' baby. Since then, four million babies have been born thanks to IVF. Many more have not. The treatment does not guarantee pregnancy and the side effects remain severe. Yet there is a brutal dishonesty. IVF is considered almost routine. Because women - and men — don't talk frankly about their fertility struggles, we continue to get a skewed message...
IVF just as successful for Hispanic women, suggests study
Some reports suggest that women from particular ethnic backgrounds have a lower chance of IVF success. However, a new study from the US shows that for Hispanic women at least, the chances of becoming pregnant via IVF treatment are exactly the same as for...
Study finds genetic links to endometriosis
An international team of scientists have identified new genetic variants that may help in the diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis....
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts equipment used for embryo biopsy.
Book Review: Smart Guide to Infertility / Infertility - The Facts
Reading both of these books from the standpoint of a patient, I now feel fully equipped to take on any challenge infertility may throw my way. That said, I'm not sure I would have felt quite so ready had I only read one of them....
IVF less successful for Asian women, study finds
Researchers have found Asian-American women are less likely than white women to successfully have a baby through IVF, but were unable to pinpoint why...