As I've mentioned, one news source that I follow faithfully is BioNews, which publishes information about fertility and genetics out of the United Kingdom. Here are some of their latest reports of interest to the Choice Mom community.
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Posted October 14, 2010 at 10:25 PM
UPDATED: Latest BioNews headlines
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- NEW: Donor anonymity ending in South Australia
- Who goes overseas for fertility treatment, and why?
- Sperm donor recruitment campaign in England
- Assisted Human Reproduction Canada head under fire
- Links between painkillers during pregnancy and male fertility
- Many United Kingdom clinics cutting IVF for cost reasons
- New screening test for IVF success
- Canadian woman battling donor anonymity issue
- Defective genes are more common than you might think
- Guide for becoming a gay dad now available in United Kingdom
- New method to predicting IVF embryo survival. US researchers have developed a means to predict which human embryos produced through IVF (in vitro fertilisation) are most likely to result in healthy births. Researchers filmed 242 one-cell embryos and predicted, with more than 93 percent accuracy, those that would survive up to five days. These findings may improve the success rate of IVF.
- What can we learn from the recent conviction of two unethical online sperm traders?
- Children conceived through IVF fertility treatment perform at least as well as their peers, according to a new US study.
- Research suggests the anxiety and depression some women experience when undergoing IVF may not be linked to the hormone drugs used in the treatment.
- Women with poor egg (or oocyte) quality could double their chance of becoming pregnant through IVF if given melatonin, researchers have found.
- Canadian fertility doctor sued over sperm mix-up claims.Dr Bernard Barwin, a specialist in reproductive medicine with almost 30 years' experience, is being accused of negligence after two patients at the Barwin Fertility Clinic in Ottawa found their children were unrelated to their intended fathers.
- Fertility treatment success may depend on season. Higher fertilisation rates have been found in women undergoing IVF in spring, according to new research presented at the World Congress of Fertility and Sterility.
- Child born from frozen embryo that was stored 20 years
Also see the collection of stories exploring whether there are unusual issues with children conceived from IVF.
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