Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure: Fertilization in Vitro

Medical news and research articles

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 ...

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.

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.

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, for ...

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