Fertility treatment does not raise overall cancer risk in women
Women who have undergone fertility treatments show a similar incidence of cancer compared to women of the same age, according to a large Australian study...
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IUI (intrauterine insemination)
A medical procedure during which a thin tube is put into the vagina and through the cervix, to allow sperm to be placed directly in the uterus.
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Radio Review: Woman's Hour – Going it alone
Going It Alone on BBC Woman's Hour explores single mother familes created through sperm donation. Eleanor Brown listened in...
Book Review: Swallows
Swallows offers an imperfect portrayal of surrogacy but a thoughtful take on class, power imbalance and gender roles, according to BioNews editor Jen Willows...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
First global guideline for infertility from WHO
The World Health Organisation has published its first global guideline on infertility, aiming to make fertility treatment more affordable, safer and fairer for all...
Image by Bill Sanderson via the Wellcome Collection, © Wellcome Trust Ltd 1990. Depicts Laocoön and his family (from Greek and Roman mythology) entwined in coils of DNA.
Kenyan National Assembly passes Bill regulating IVF and surrogacy
Kenya's National Assembly has passed the Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill, marking the country's first step toward a legal framework regulating assisted reproduction...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
How UK transgender and non-binary people are building families through fertility treatment
When services are accessible and inclusive, trans and non-binary people and their partners can and do engage with the full spectrum of fertility treatment pathways...
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...
Multiple births down in Europe, but IVF pregnancy rates remain stable
News from ESHRE – IVF pregnancy rates have remained the same in Europe, despite reduction in multiple embryo transfers...
Image by Bill McConkey via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts sperm swimming towards an egg.
Fertility regulator survey reveals widespread use of IVF add-ons
Almost three-quarters of UK fertility patients used a treatment 'add-on', according to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority's National Patient Survey 2024...