In December 2020 in Alabama, a hospital patient gained unauthorized access to an adjoining IVF storage facility, which was not adequately secured. The patient is said to have removed several frozen embryos, which they then ...
Feb 27, 2024
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Why are frozen embryos and developing embryos within existing pregnancies treated differently under the law? How do the rights of men and women differ regarding parenthood in these two circumstances? In a new paper, published ...
Apr 25, 2022
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The world's first baby born via in-vitro fertilization turned 40 years old this summer. Still, after four decades, IVF is a relatively new field with ongoing debate on how to get the best results for families who have placed ...
Aug 21, 2018
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It is known that in vitro fertilization (IVF) can affect the size of the newborns. Children derived from fresh embryo transfer have smaller birth weight, and surprisingly, children derived from frozen embryo transfer have ...
Jun 19, 2018
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A Detroit-area woman seeking custody of as many as 10 frozen embryos is asking a judge to appoint a guardian over them while she clashes with her former partner for control.
Jun 5, 2018
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Large for gestational age babies and congenital heart defects (CHD) are just two of several risks needing further examination in the emerging field of assisted reproductive technology, according to the editors of a special ...
May 1, 2018
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A new study carried out by a research team at The University of Western Australia and Fertility Specialists of Western Australia has found that women undergoing IVF who have had embryos fail to implant have more success using ...
Mar 19, 2018
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Freezing and subsequent transfer of embryos gives infertile couples just as much of a chance of having a child as using fresh embryos for in vitro fertilization (IVF), research from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and Adelaide, ...
Jan 10, 2018
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An American woman has given birth to a healthy baby girl from an embryo that was frozen a quarter century ago, in what hospital officials say may be a world record.
Dec 21, 2017
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For the first time, more live birth deliveries following IVF treatment are from cycles using frozen embryos, rather than fresh embryos.
Oct 13, 2017
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