US grandmother gives birth to her own grandchild
(AP)—Emily and Mike Jordan couldn't help but feel anxious.
View ArticleSperm donor offspring call for privacy changes
Hideaki Kato discovered his true identity by accident. During his medical training a decade ago, the now 39-year-old Japanese doctor was performing blood tests on family members when he learned...
View ArticleEgg donation in European clinics: Why do women do it?
Egg donation is now one of the major reasons why couples travel abroad for fertility treatment. Because this growing trend may circumvent regulations at home or raise concerns about financial...
View ArticleFemale obesity linked to lower rates of live birth and embryo implantation in...
An analysis of almost 10,000 first cycles of egg donation treatment at one of Europe's largest IVF centres shows that female obesity reduces the receptivity of the uterus to embryo implantation and...
View ArticleItaly scraps ban on donor-assisted reproduction
Italy's Constitutional Court on Wednesday struck down a Catholic Church-backed ban against assisted reproduction with sperm or egg donors that has forced thousands of sterile couples to seek help abroad.
View ArticleEgg and sperm donors think one to ten children is acceptable
Between one and ten children – that is what the majority of Swedish egg and sperm donors think is an acceptable level for their assistance to childless couples. Female donors are more restrictive than...
View ArticleUK health regulators apply brakes to 'three-parent' IVF procedure
(PhysOrg.com) -- In what is rapidly turning into a political debate in the United Kingdom, members of the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority (HFEA) have, after careful review, declined to...
View ArticlePregnant at 61: late-in-life choice stirs debate in Brazil
A woman who at 61 is expecting not a pension check but her first baby has stirred some controversy in Brazil over just when it might be too late to give birth.
View ArticlePioneering IVF doctor dies in Australia
A pioneering Australian doctor known for his groundbreaking work on the world's first pregnancy through in vitro fertilisation (IVF) has died after a long illness.
View ArticleUnder right conditions, fertility treatment can equal natural conception...
(HealthDay) -- With enough cycles and the right egg and age of a woman, the chances of in vitro fertilization resulting in a baby approaches that of natural conception, a large new study finds.
View ArticleFreezing all embryos in IVF with transfer in a later non-stimulated cycle may...
There is growing interest in a "freeze-all" embryo policy in IVF. Such an approach, which cryopreserves all embryos generated in a stimulated IVF cycle for later transfer in a non-stimulated natural...
View ArticleNew method increases viability of frozen embryos, expands reproductive options
(Medical Xpress)—For some women facing fertility issues, a faster way of freezing and storing eggs is expanding their reproductive options.
View ArticleUK may OK creating babies with DNA from 3 people
(AP)—Britain may allow a controversial technique to create babies using DNA from three people, a move that would help couples avoid passing on rare genetic diseases, the country's top medical officer...
View ArticleObesity doesn't reduce chance of getting pregnant with donor eggs
In women who use donor eggs to become pregnant through in vitro fertilization (IVF), those who are obese are just as likely to become pregnant as normal weight women, according to a new report.
View ArticleMethod for 'designer babies' in the ethical spotlight
European bioethicists raised the red flag Thursday over an American patent for a method that could allow people to choose genetic traits like eye colour in children sired from donor eggs or sperm.
View ArticleIncrease seen in donor eggs for in vitro fertilization, with improved outcomes
Between 2000 and 2010 in the United States the number of donor eggs used for in vitro fertilization increased, and outcomes for births from those donor eggs improved, according to a study published by...
View ArticleParents who used donor eggs often struggle over decision to tell kids
(HealthDay)—Many people who used donor eggs to become parents are grappling with the issue of whether they should tell their children how they were conceived, according to a new study.
View ArticleMaking embryos from three people doesn't look unsafe
Britain's fertility regulator says controversial techniques to create embryos from the DNA of three people "do not appear to be unsafe" even though no one has ever received the treatment, according to...
View ArticleBlack women fare worse with fertility treatments, study says
(HealthDay)—Black women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) are only about half as likely as white women to become pregnant using the popular assisted reproduction technique, new research...
View ArticleA look at the UK's proposal to make babies from 3 people
As British lawmakers vote Tuesday on whether to legalize the creation of babies made from the DNA of three people, here are some questions and answers about the proposed techniques and the controversy...
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