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ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection)
ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection) is a variation of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF). During ICSI, a single sperm is injected directly into an egg, in order to fertilise it.
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts equipment used for embryo biopsy.
What Is the Impact of Fertility Treatment on the Health of Resulting Children?
The most recent event from PET brought together researchers and clinicians to explore what assisted reproduction means for the short- and long-term health of the children born as a consequence...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Men with infertility may be at higher risk of some cancers
Men with severely reduced fertility have a greater likelihood of developing certain non-reproductive cancers, new research suggests...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Male Infertility: Today's Insights, Tomorrow's Treatments
The most recent PET event took place in Edinburgh and brought together researchers, clinicians and members of the public to examine advances in understanding and treating male infertility...
Baby born from embryo that originally had three sets of chromosomes
An embryo that originally had three pronuclei resulted in a healthy baby after one pronucleus was microsurgically removed...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
mRNA treatment helps mice with azoospermia to regain fertility
A new mRNA-based therapy has restored fertility in mice that were unable to produce sperm...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Antioxidant supplements do not improve men's fertility
Use of antioxidant supplements by men does not improve pregnancy rates, according to a large-scale study by researchers in the Netherlands...
NICE publishes draft update to Fertility Guideline
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommends three NHS-funded IVF cycles for those eligible under 40, with potential for three more if unsuccessful, in a proposed guideline update...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Gene on Y chromosome found to be essential for proper sperm production
Knocking out a single gene on the Y chromosome has been found to cause infertility in male mice...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Vaping affects male fertility, but less than smoking
A difference in fertility treatment outcomes between couples where the male partner smokes cigarettes and those who vape has been revealed by new research...