http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Couples who adopt after unsuccessful IVF treatment have a better quality of life than both childless couples and couples without fertility problems, reveals a study from the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-good-quality-life-couples.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Mon, 12 Nov 2012 09:55:07 EST news271936391 Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have discovered that a chemical can trigger the maturation of small eggs to healthy, mature eggs, a process that could give more women the chance of successful IVF treatment in the future. The results have been published in the revered journal PloS ONE. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-ivf-breakthrough.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Mon, 24 Sep 2012 10:24:46 EST news267701080 Women who have eggs that cannot mature will not become pregnant, and they cannot be helped by in vitro fertilization (IVF). Now researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have identified a molecule called Cdk1 that has an important function for mammalian egg maturation. In the future this could lead to an increased rate of successful IVF. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-discovery-molecule-maturation-mammalian-eggs.html Genetics Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:22:08 EST news250186919 A new technique successfully used in mice to identify embryos likely to result in a successful pregnancy could be used in humans, potentially boosting IVF success rates and helping to reduce the number of multiple births (1), according to Cardiff University scientists. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-technique-boost-ivf-success-multiple.html Other Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:00:41 EST news244810836