Genetic test indicates best hormone treatment for IVF
A genetic oral swab test to determine which hormone treatment is best for egg maturation before IVF has been developed...
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Hormone
A chemical messenger produced in the body, for example testosterone. Hormones can travel through the blood and have an effect elsewhere in the body.
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Man receives transplant of his frozen prepubescent sperm-producing stem cells
A 26-year-old male cancer survivor received a transplant of his frozen prepubescent sperm-producing stem cells...
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.
Podcast Review: Experiences with Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis
Rareminds CEO Kym Winter is joined by Mary, who is currently undergoing preimplantation genetic diagnosis, and Dr Sarah Wynn, CEO of Unique, to discuss what the process involves, and the challenges and benefits it can bring...
Podcast Review: The Human Egg Trade
Host Sarah Holder shares three unique and varied stories from all sectors, stages, and spheres of the fertility world...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts equipment used for embryo biopsy.
TV Review: Katie Price – Making babies
Part documentary and part fly on the wall reality TV, Katie Price – Making Babies, follows Katie and her partner at the time, Carl, as they undergo fertility treatment...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Buyer beware: The AMH test is not a fertility fortune teller
Testing of anti-Müllerian hormone levels has its place, but should not be used to predict fertility...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Low AMH levels linked to reduced chance of conception
Low levels of anti-Müllerian hormone decrease the chances of becoming pregnant, independently of age or duration of time spent trying to conceive...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
PTSD and anxiety affect fertility of women firefighters
Women firefighters who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety have lower levels of a hormone associated with the number of healthy eggs in the ovaries, a new study has found...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Man receives transplant of his frozen prepubescent testicular tissue
In a world first, doctors in Belgium have transplanted testicular tissue into an adult man after it was frozen prior to chemotherapy 16 years ago when he was a child...