News tagged with vitro fertilization


Hormone test helps predict success in IVF

Given how much patients invest in in vitro fertilization (IVF), both financially and emotionally, tools to inform couples about what they might expect during their treatment can be welcome. A study by researchers at Brown ...

Medical research created Jun 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

UK health regulators apply brakes to 'three-parent' IVF procedure

(PhysOrg.com) -- In what is rapidly turning into a political debate in the United Kingdom, members of the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority (HFEA) have, after careful review, declined to allow legislation to be ...

Medical research created Apr 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Study finds no better odds using 3 embryos in IVF

A new study of fertility treatment found that women who get three or more embryos have no better odds of having a baby than those who get just two embryos.

Other created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Increasing uterine expression of developmental genes may improve IVF success

New research in Developmental Cell suggests that increasing expression of certain developmental genes at precise times in the uterus might improve pregnancy rates from in vitro fertilization-embryo transfers (IVF-ET), which ...

Medical research created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Life beyond cancer: Starting a family following treatment

Five years ago, Sheri Scott was beginning a new chapter in her life. The recently engaged 31-year-old was eagerly browsing bridal magazines and busy planning for her big day. Unfortunately, just weeks following her engagement, ...

Cancer created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US grandmother gives birth to her own grandchild

(AP)—Emily and Mike Jordan couldn't help but feel anxious.

Other created Sep 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

New study finds stronger regulations of in vitro fertilization may save lives

The number of couples struggling with infertility is on the rise, and these couples often use assisted reproductive technologies, like in vitro fertilization (IVF), to get pregnant. Although IVF can be successful, it can ...

Health created Apr 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New approach to IVF embryo donations lets people weigh decision

People who use in vitro fertilization to conceive children often have leftover embryos and must decide whether to store them, dispose of them or possibly donate them for research. A new process developed by researchers at ...

Medical research created Apr 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0