Hope for IVF success rates
A team of scientists from the University of York and doctors from Leeds General Infirmary, UK, have developed a new embryo selection procedure which may one day improve success rates in IVF procedures. IVF embryos are usually analysed under the microscope in order to see if any of them are...
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Improving on nature's success rates?
by Dr Jess Buxton
Conception is an unpredictable business, whether natural or assisted. Many fertilised eggs are lost before a woman even realises she is pregnant, and only around a third ever result in a baby. So conceiving a child can take many months, even for couples with no fertility problems. For those undergoing...