AI test could be first screening tool for ovarian cancer
Machine learning has been used to develop a promising screening test for ovarian cancer, a team of US-based researchers has said...
News
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Male infertility care 'insensitive' says survey
Men with infertility experience stigmatisation and a lack of support, a first survey on the subject found...
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.
Offer all prospective parents genetic screening, says study
Genetic testing for cystic fibrosis, fragile X syndrome and spinal muscular atrophy is recommended for all would-be parents by a study in Australia...
US surrogate fights for own genetic baby
A US surrogate has been united with her genetic child who she carried alongside the intended parents' embryo in an apparent case of superfetation...
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.
Twenty-seven genes that suppress cancer discovered
Scientists have found 27 new tumour suppressor genes...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Transferring just one embryo doubles IVF success
Using just one embryo during IVF results in a much higher chance of a healthy pregnancy and birth, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine...
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
Financial incentives in Australia change doctors' IVF advice
Australian bioethicists have expressed concern that the country's assisted reproductive technology (ART) industry has become increasingly motivated by profit, causing a conflict of interest...
Reviews
Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
TV Review: Inside Out London - Eggs on ice
As a 33-year-old single woman, who also happens to work in a fertility clinic, babies are unsurprisingly never far from my mind. I spend a lot of time wondering whether I should freeze my eggs. A lot...
Comment
Fertility Fairness and the IVF postcode lottery
by Sarah Norcross
Sarah Norcross, Director of the Progress Educational Trust and Co-Chair of the campaigning organisation Fertility Fairness, speaks on TV and radio about worsening access to publicly funded IVF...
Embryo adoption in the US: Any lessons for the UK?
by Professor Lucy Frith and 2 others
Once a couple or individual has finished their fertility treatment, the question of what to do with any remaining frozen embryos is often perceived as a difficult decision. There are, broadly, four options to choose from...
Red wine improves women's fertility — an example of scientific misrepresentation in the press
by Professor Joyce Harper
The American Society for Reproductive Medicine conference was held last week in San Antonio, USA. Several oral presentations of abstracts made it into the popular press and have added to the confusion and inaccurate information fed to the public...