Here's what the review of the IVF industry said should change—and what it missed
Reports of several cases of embryo and sperm mix-ups have put the Australian fertility industry in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons.
Oct 3, 2025
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Q&A: Why corporatization of health care gets too much of a bad rap
Frustrated by the relentless rise in health care costs, many Americans think they know who's to blame for the high cost of prescription drugs, the shuttering of local hospitals and clinics, and the merger of their favorite ...
Oct 2, 2025
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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 ...
Sep 26, 2025
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Study finds more women freezing eggs, fewer returning to use them
An increasing number of women are choosing to freeze their eggs but a much smaller number are returning to use them, according to new UCLA Health research.
Sep 26, 2025
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Poverty, social disadvantage linked to lower fecundability
Poverty, low educational level, and household income are associated with lower fecundability and subfertility, according to a study published online Sept. 19 in JAMA Network Open.
Sep 24, 2025
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Missing Y gene linked to male infertility
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa scientists have uncovered a direct link between a missing Y chromosome gene and male infertility. Their new research reveals that deleting this single gene in mice not only caused infertility ...
Sep 10, 2025
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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.
Sep 10, 2025
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Vibration-powered chip could revolutionize assisted reproductive technology
In the quest to address infertility, Cornell researchers have developed a groundbreaking device that could simplify and automate oocyte cumulus removal, a critical step in assisted reproductive technologies.
Sep 5, 2025
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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.
Sep 5, 2025
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Here's what we know—and don't know—about using IVF sperm donors from overseas
Australia's fertility sector has been rocked by yet more reports of serious errors, this time involving sperm donors from overseas.
Sep 3, 2025
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