The news of a woman unknowingly giving birth to another patient's baby after an embryo mix-up at a Brisbane IVF lab has made headlines in Australia and around the world. The distress this incident will have caused to everyone ...
Apr 14, 2025
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A new study found that only sociodemographic factors—including the parent's age, number of current children, economic status, and level of religiosity—predict the desire and intention to have more children among lesbian, ...
Mar 27, 2025
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There has been a dramatic uptake of egg freezing to address the risk of future infertility in Australia in recent years. Despite this surge, only a small proportion of individuals have returned to use their frozen eggs in ...
Mar 17, 2025
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Poor regulation and lack of transparency in Africa's fertility industry leave sperm donors and recipients vulnerable to exploitation and unethical practices, including relatives unwittingly having children together, fertility ...
Feb 17, 2025
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Globally, mothers are having fewer children. Yet despite this latest observed decline in birth rates, the number of twins and triplets being born today is higher than ever before.
Jan 22, 2025
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Infertility is a problem that affects between 8% and 12% of couples of reproductive age worldwide. For some of them, the problem interrupts a life project, which is the desire to have children and build a family. Advances ...
Jan 21, 2025
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Using artificial intelligence to assist in fertility treatment raises significant ethical concerns that need to be addressed, Monash University researchers have found.
Jan 6, 2025
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Approximately one in six couples trying to have a child experiences infertility. Each year, over five percent of children in Finland are born with the help of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART), and to date, over ten ...
Dec 19, 2024
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A Perspective published in PNAS Nexus summarizes the risks of bypassing natural selection when using assisted reproductive technologies (ART) in humans and livestock. The authors call for dialogue between the fields of assisted ...
Dec 17, 2024
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Mature egg cells, or oocytes, are essential for fertilization in assisted reproductive technologies. However, some 'denuded' oocytes, or those lacking the protective granulosa cell layer, fail to mature. Now, in a study by ...
Nov 11, 2024
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