Women's health: Knowledge is power, but half-truths are lies
Using the language of feminist empowerment to sell non-evidence based fertility tests to women undermines efforts to improve women's health, argue Dr Tessa Copp and Dr Brooke Nickel...
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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.
Cell atlas of the human ovary published
Researchers have developed the first-ever spatial map of all the different cell types that make up the human ovary...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
The 'egg timer' test promises more than it can deliver
Direct-to-consumer anti-Müllerian hormone tests are being sold to women across the world with the promise that they can help them predict and plan their fertility. Yet, that isn't what they are designed for argues Dr Karin Hammarberg…
UK fertility sector meets standards set by HFEA
UK fertility clinics have maintained their run of reporting none of the most serious types of adverse incidents for the second year running, a Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority report has shown...
Ovulation monitoring at home during IVF as successful as hospital testing
Use of urine hormone test strips by women to monitor ovulation, prior to IVF embryo transfer, results in the same pregnancy rate at 12 weeks, as those who had hospital-based ovulation monitoring...
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.
Human ovarian organoid developed
A fully human ovarian organoid has been grown in the lab for the first time, with potential applications to improve understanding and treatment of female infertility...
Image by Christoph Bock/Max Planck Institute for Informatics via Wikimedia Commons. Depicts a DNA molecule that is methylated on both strands on the centre cytosine.
Light shed on epigenetic maintenance of ovarian reserve
Egg cells are kept in a form of stasis from when they are first formed in the fetus until they mature in adulthood, by a protein which regulates transcription, a new study in mice has shown...
Lower hormone doses may improve IVF egg quality
High doses of follicle-stimulating hormone during ovarian stimulation may disrupt follicular function leading to reduced egg quality...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Microscopic structures in semen could affect implantation
Microscopic sacs, known as exosomes, present in semen may shed light on previously unexplained cases of male infertility...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts equipment used for embryo biopsy.
Documentary Review: Freezing Fertility
'Freezing Fertility' is a documentary by the Dutch broadcaster VPRO, which delves into the opinions and policies on egg cell freezing around the world...