Female teachers are more likely to conceive during IVF treatment than their peers of a similar age in similarly paid professions, research shows...
Artificial sweeteners found in soft drinks may reduce female fertility, a study suggests...
Bearing a child at a higher age does not increase risk of birth defects when the woman has received IVF or ICSI treatment to become pregnant, a recent study suggests...
Scientists in Japan are the first to have created live mouse pups from eggs that were made from stem cells...
The World Health Organisation is considering making changes to the definition of infertility to recognise that every individual has the 'right to reproduce'...
A woman in Australia has been given permission by the Queensland Supreme Court to extract sperm from her boyfriend after his sudden death...
A study has found that women with higher levels of the 'stress hormone' cortisol in their hair are less likely to conceive through IVF than women with lower levels of the hormone...
Scientists using a new 3D chromosome-mapping technique have uncovered a genetic connection between schizophrenia and early fetal brain development ...
Two US couples have filed a petition at the High Court of Bombay to reclaim embryos they transferred into the country before India's ban on international surrogacy arrangements was introduced last year...
In this podcast, Radiolab presenter Molly Webster explores the origins of the 14-day rule — the internationally agreed two-week time constraint on growing embryos in a lab...
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Should prenatal DNA testing for Down's syndrome be available online?
by Craig Macpherson
Several online companies now offer non-invasive prenatal testing for Down's syndrome. While there are some protections for consumers, they are currently insufficient...
Birth Certificates and Assisted Reproduction: Setting the Record Straight?
by Daniel Malynn
This event explored how can the law deal with the multiple-parent families created by donor conception and surrogacy, and asked: 'What makes someone a parent, and how should a birth certificate reflect that?'...