Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure: Fertilization in Vitro

Medical news and research articles

Genetics

When mom and dad's DNA don't match up, the embryo finds a way

When a sperm meets an egg, a lot has to go right for an embryo to develop into a complete organism. One critical step of early development is the reorganization of parental DNA to form a new unified genome, before the embryo ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Donor-egg births may carry more risks

More women than ever are carrying babies conceived with someone else's egg—but few are told that this might carry greater health risks.

Obstetrics & gynaecology

More diverse families created through IVF

Single women and female same-sex couples accounted for 1 in 5 IVF cycles in 2023, according to the latest report on IVF births across Australia and New Zealand.

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Thin endometrium may not hinder IVF success

Many fertility specialists have long believed that having a thin endometrial lining—the inner layer of tissue in the uterus that supports a fertilized egg—could be an impediment to the implantation of an embryo. Thus, ...

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