Egg donation, egg freezing and IVF: Putting them in perspective
PET welcomes a new Parliamentary inquiry into egg donation and egg freezing, and encourages BioNews readers to respond, but also has some reservations...
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Decline of female fertility with age linked to supportive tissues in ovary
Changes in ovarian tissue, not just egg quantity and quality, may play a role in the decline of female fertility with age, 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.
Cannabis use may affect women's eggs
Cannabis may directly interfere with women's ability to conceive by affecting the health of their eggs...
Working with Robert Edwards at the dawn of IVF
Professor Barry Bavister explains how he became the first person ever to witness IVF in humans, when he looked down a microscope in 1968 while working alongside IVF pioneer Professor Sir Robert Edwards...
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.
New Zealand government urged to stop insurers using genetic test results
Health advocates in New Zealand are lobbying the Government to ban insurance companies from considering genetic test results when offering cover...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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.
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...
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 Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Microplastics present in human ovarian and seminal fluids
News from ESHRE – microplastics have been found in samples of human reproductive fluids...