The University of California has settled 107 of the 113 lawsuits resulting from the fertility clinic scandal that rocked the medical centre in 1995. Regents of the university have so far agreed to pay nearly $20m to 107 infertile couples, including those who had their eggs stolen. The remaining six...
This week's BioNews includes news that three British hospitals will begin offering the option of ovarian tissue freezing to women or girls undergoing chemotherapy treatment. Because chemotherapy almost always destroys fertility, the ovarian tissue is harvested before treatment in the hope that when it is grafted back on at a...
Young girls suffering from cancer may be able to have radiation treatment without forfeiting their chance of having children in later life. The process of freezing ovarian tissue has so far only been used for research purposes but it will now be available at three hospitals in the UK - Glasgow...
This week's BioNews includes news that Italy is considering legislation to govern the practice of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment. Given that IVF is now nearing its 21st birthday, Italy's legislative moves may seem somewhat belated. IVF services have been available in Italy for some years and Italian scientists have...
Italy could soon have legislation to govern the until-now unregulated practice of assisted reproduction. A bill was passed on 26 May by the parliament's lower house. If the bill becomes law, access to in vitro fertilisation (IVF) would only be available to heterosexual couples - regardless of marital status - with proven...
Women with a history of infertility, whether they have been treated or not, are at greater risk of having babies that die soon after birth, according to a study published in The Lancet. This latest study of 1,514 women by Leicester University found that women who had suffered from infertility...
Research published in the journal Fertility and Sterility suggests that the overall fertility of women is increasing, possibly due to the significant decline in the incidence of gonorrhea. Based on Sweden's comprehensive Birth Register data, the researchers found that in 1983, 12.7 per cent of women were reported as sub-fertile...
This week's BioNews includes news from the United States of the first children born as a result of IVF and preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) for sickle cell disease. Because of PGD, the couple concerned was able to start a pregnancy knowing that it was free of the genetic fault which...
A genetic test carried out on embryos during in vitro fertilisation has been used to prevent two carriers of sickle cell anaemia from passing the disease on to their children. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis for sickle cell disease has resulted in its fist success - the birth of healthy twin girls to...
Doctors at a conference in Sydney, Australia, reported on a new and experimental technique that combines the genetic material of two women's eggs. Designed to give older women with poor quality eggs the chance to bear their own genetic children, the technique involves injecting the cytoplasm of a healthy donated...
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