Amidst opposition outcry, the government announced last Thursday that final stages of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill would be postponed until October. Labour MPs and the Department of Health were among those to accuse Gordon Brown of rescheduling in order to avoid losing votes in the...
Scientists have failed to establish a link between the use of acupuncture on fertility patients and IVF success rates. In what is said to be one of the most thorough studies into the issue, close to 2,500 women were studied across 13 clinical trials looking into the...
Two studies presented at the annual European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology conference in Barcelona have contributed new research findings into male infertility by examining the relationships between obesity and diabetes, and sperm quality. Studying the link between obesity and sperm quality, researchers from the University...
A new study shows that it is better to use frozen, rather than fresh embryos in IVF treatment. The research was reported by Dr Anja Pinborg at the annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) in Barcelona last week. The study has...
A group of German researchers has reported a new technique that will increase the chances of preserving fertility in women having treatment for cancer. The findings, presented at the annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in Barcelona, offer new hope to female...
A new test which helps IVF doctors pick the healthiest embryos for transfer may boost pregnancy rates by up to 15 percent, was unveiled at a European fertility conference this week...
BioNews reporting from ESHRE, Barcelona:By Ailsa Taylor:Data presented at the annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) shows that the number of cycles carried out annually in Europe has more than doubled since records began in 1997, when 200,000 cycles were carried out...
BioNews reporting from ESHRE conference, Barcelona:By Ailsa Taylor: Two independent studies presented at a European fertility meeting this week highlight new techniques for selecting those sperm most likely to result in successful pregnancies following IVF using intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). The first, by Italian scientists, uses high-powered microscopy to...
BioNews reporting from ESHRE conference, Barcelona:By Dr Kirsty Horsey: Scientists looking at pregnancy rates in women who have previously had IVF treatment say that lifestyle factors play a large part in whether a woman will go on to achieve a natural pregnancy or not. Speaking at the annual meeting...
BioNews reporting from ESHRE conference, Barcelona:By Dr Kirsty Horsey: Delegates at the annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) in Barcelona have been told that attitudes towards surrogacy in the UK are still 'broadly negative'. In a poster presentation, Professor Olga van den Akker...
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'Postcode lottery' unacceptable after 30 years of IVF
by Clare Lewis-Jones MBE
Louise Brown, the world's first IVF baby, will be 30 years old on 25 July 2008. Here Clare Brown, who was among those to speak at a reception organised by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Infertility to mark next week's National Infertility Day 2008, reflects on three decades of...