Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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IVF (in vitro fertilisation)
IVF (in vitro fertilisation) is a treatment for infertility, in which eggs are removed from a woman's body, fertilised with sperm in a laboratory, then returned to the womb shortly afterwards to continue developing.
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Shorter IVF protocol reduces risk of OHSS
A large-scale study comparing two protocols for stimulating the ovaries in IVF has found that one has a lower risk of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, a potentially serious complication of IVF treatment...
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.
USA scrambles to understand implications of Roe v Wade on fertility industry
The US Supreme Court has overturned the landmark Roe v Wade decision, which could affect the provision of IVF in some states...
Image by K Hardy via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human embryo at the blastocyst stage (about six days after fertilisation) 'hatching' out of the zona pellucida.
Genetic and epigenetic causes of IVF embryo arrest discovered
Changes that occur to DNA that could cause IVF embryos to stop dividing have been identified...
Little difference in mental health outcomes of teenagers conceived via fertility treatment
Teenagers born through fertility treatment have a one percent higher prevalence of mental health disorders, but no difference in school performance, new study shows...
Podcast Review: Biohacked Family Secrets – The birth of the sperm bank
The BioHacked: Family Secrets episode three, The Birth of the Sperm Bank, podcast starts in an unusual place: a cowshed...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
UK report reveals public attitudes to fertility, genomics and embryo research
Discrepancies between public opinion and real-world access to fertility services in the UK have been highlighted by a fertility and genomics survey commissioned by the Progress Education Trust...
North East London CCG proposes offering three funded IVF cycles
North East London Clinical Commissioning Group is consulting on introducing a single fertility policy that will provide eligible patients three rounds of NHS-funded IVF, increasing access in some areas...
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.
Husband can use embryo created with late wife, court rules
A UK widower has won the legal right to use the last remaining embryo that he made with his late wife in a landmark legal case...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Thirty years of PET: our 'Fertility, Genomics and Embryo Research' report
PET turns 30 this year, but our story goes back further than that – at least as far back as the birth of Louise Brown in 1978, the world's first IVF baby...