Nearly three-quarters of fertility patients offered unnecessary treatments, report finds

New IVF method mimics fallopian tube environment, increasing sperm viability

The success of in vitro fertilization depends on many factors, one of which is sperm viability. A recent study documents a new way to select viable sperm and prolong their viability in the laboratory, reducing one source of variability during the process.

Nearly three-quarters of fertility patients offered unnecessary treatments, report finds

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) called the finding "concerning" because almost all additional tests, treatments or emerging technologies "are not proven to increase the chance of having a baby for most patients".

Majority of fertility patients offered unnecessary tests and treatments – report

The report by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority also highlights use of sperm from overseas and waiting times for NHS patients.Almost three qu ...

Property Rights in Children?

Whatever one’s personal views about in vitro fertilization (IVF) may be, there’s one aspect of it that lawmakers, and the public more broadly, need to be more aware of: nearly every IVF-related contract hinges on ruling out any notion that the embryo is a rights-bearing “person.” These agreements, in fact, require that one assume the living, human embryo amounts to no more than legal “property.” I’ve covered some of this in more detail elsewhere…

Novel IVF method mimics fallopian tube environment, increasing sperm viability

The success of in vitro fertilization depends on many factors, one of which is sperm viability. A recent study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign documents a new way to select viable sperm and prolong their viability in the laboratory, reducing one source of variability during the process. The work is published in the journal Scientific Reports.

‘IVF Nightmares’: Hundreds of lawsuits expose damage of IVF industry

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