Image by Bill McConkey via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts sperm swimming towards an egg.
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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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ICSI does not improve IVF outcomes for non-severe male factor infertility
Intracytoplasmic sperm injection offers no advantage over conventional IVF in cases where men don't have severe male-factor infertility, a study has shown...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Fertility in Flux: What Can State-Funded IVF Do for Population Growth?
Five experts discuss the role of government-funded fertility treatment in addressing the population decline and more. This PET event complements the earlier event 'Is Fertility Treatment a Solution to Population Decline?'...
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.
Medications used during fertility treatment may pose risk of birth defects
Women in fertility treatment are more likely to take medication that could harm a fetus before or during pregnancy, according to a study of over 57,000 births in Australia...
AI technology checks live sperm quality in seconds
New AI technology could improve the speed and accuracy of live sperm analysis, assisting infertility diagnosis and selection of sperm for ICSI...
Environmental ethics and medical reproduction
Lecturer in ethics of technology at the University of Edinburgh, Dr Cristina Richie, discuses the ethical issues involved in medical reproduction as it relates to the environment...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts equipment used for embryo biopsy.
Tracking equity in fertility treatment: Two years on from the Women's Health Strategy
PET marks the second anniversary of the Women's Health Strategy by launching the PET Fertility Policy Tracker – a simple to use and free to access tracker of ICBs' fertility policies in England...
European clinics delivered over one million IVF cycles in 2021
Over one million IVF cycles were carried out in Europe in 2021, according to data collected from over 37 countries by the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology...