News: Embryo selection clause triggers controversy in deaf community
A heated debate on the subject of embryo selection and deafness has been sparked in the UK, by a deaf couple who resent the impediment to having a deaf child posed by prospective legislation.
Sandy Starr 17 March 2008
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News: UK Labour MPs offered abstention from embryo bill vote
The controversy sparked by the introduction of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill 2007, which is being debated in the UK House of Commons over the next few months, looks set to continue.
Karen Devine 10 March 2008
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News: Concerns over decreasing male fertility rates
Two new studies have identified factors that could be causing a decline in male fertility. Research published in the journal Fertility and Sterility on the anti-impotence drug Viagra concluded that men taking the drug could be damaging their sperm and lowering their ability to conceive.
Charlotte Maden 10 March 2008
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News: 'More natural' alternative to IVF to be trialled in UK
A device that allows IVF embryos to develop in the womb rather than a laboratory dish, developed by Swiss company Anecova, is to be trialled at CARE Fertility in Nottingham.
Katy Sinclair 04 March 2008
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Article: Artificial Gametes: The What, Why and How of creating sperm and eggs in the laboratory
There was a lively audience at this public meeting held at the Centre for Life in Newcastle on 12 February, an evening debate organised by Progress Educational Trust.
Alison Murdoch, Professor of Reproductive Medicine at Life and Department Head at Newcastle Fertility Centre 27 February 2008
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Article: Artificial gametes: the end of infertility?
Developments in the creation of 'female' sperm and 'male' eggs.
Anna Smajdor, Lecturer in Medical Ethics at the University of East Anglia 27 February 2008
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News: Sperm damage can be passed to children
A US study presented to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has found that sperm defects caused by exposure to toxins can be passed down through generations.
Katy Sinclair 26 February 2008
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New Book: Human Preimplantation Embryo Selection [Kay Elder, Jacques Cohen]
 A comprehensive overview to guide the ART practitioner in choice of techniques and evaluation of benefits and drawbacks. In summary, application of increasingly advanced new technology has allowed the field of embryo evaluation to evolve rapidly and dramatically over the past five years, and this book will provide an up-to-date overview and reference source.
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IVF Books 17 February 2008
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New Book: In Vitro Fertilization: A Practical Approach [David K. Gardner]
 Supplying a comprehensive and hands-on approach to in vitro fertilization (IVF), this source presents established state-of-the-art procedures and techniques, as well as the most current research in the field. Expert contributors explore the history of IVF and progress to future research pathways. Additional coverage includes preimplantation genetic diagnosis, oocyte retrieval, oocyte donation, and micromanipulation procedures such as ICSI, assisted hatching, and embryo biopsy.
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IVF Books 17 February 2008
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News: Acupuncture may increase IVF success rates
A team of doctors from the University of Maryland and the University of Amsterdam have published a report in the British Medical Journal, claiming that acupuncture could increase IVF success rates by as much as 65 per cent.
Katy Sinclair 16 February 2008
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News: SPERM FROM FEMALE STEM CELLS?
British scientists have created early-stage, human sperm from female stem cells, according to a news report in New Scientist magazine. It is claimed that the research will pave the way for same sex couples to have children that are genetically their own
Charlotte Maden 10 February 2008
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Announcement: IVF WITNESS ELIMINATES RISK OF MIX-UPS
A groundbreaking new device has been launched worldwide that takes the IVF process to a much higher level of safety.
W.R.Brown MBA 08 February 2008
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Announcement: National Infertility Day (UK) taking place on Sat 19th July 2008
National Infertility Day is for everyone affected by difficulties in conceiving.
Clare Brown 06 February 2008
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Announcement: The “Mushroom” gets a hologram – beware non-FDA approved copies
Research Instruments would like to warn US customers that copycat, non FDA approved “mushroom” air syringes are on sale in the US.
W.R.Brown MBA 06 February 2008
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News: Australian parents launch 'wrongful birth' claim for negligent genetic testing
A couple is suing the staff at an IVF clinic in Australia for negligently failing to detect a gene mutation responsible for a type of inherited cancer they had specifically undergone pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) testing to avoid.
MacKenna Roberts 29 January 2008
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Announcement: Comprehensive Embryology And Assisted Reproduction Training By Reproductive Research Centre, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Hands-on embryology and assisted reproduction training for reproductive biologists, embryologists, infertility specialists.
Dr. Alex C Varghese, PhD, 22 January 2008
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News: Twins case reignites 'need for a father' debate
The widely reported story of the twins separated at birth who, with their true biological origins unknown to them, later married, has led to a timely rekindling of the 'need for a father' debate in the UK.
Antony Blackburn-Starza 20 January 2008
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News: IVF clinics should give 'personalised costed treatment plans'
In response to public concerns regarding hidden fertility treatment costs, the UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has announced that IVF clinics must provide personalised, costed treatment plans from the outset of early consultations in order to be licensed. The mandate aims to assist patients to better understand how much their fertility treatment is realistically likely to cost.
MacKenna Roberts 14 January 2008
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News: New fertility bill provokes fears of 'designer babies'
Commentators have warned that the UK's new Human Tissue and Embryology Bill, which will become law in 2008, could open the way for the first legal genetically modified babies.
Katy Sinclair 09 January 2008
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News: UK parliament alarmed by 1.2 million leftover IVF embryos
Over the past 14 years, over half of the total number of embryos created for use in IVF in the UK have not been used, according to government statistics. Between 1991 and 2005, 1.2 million embryos were not used, from a total of more than two million embryos (2,137,924) created by specialists while assisting infertile couples in the UK to have babies.
MacKenna Roberts 09 January 2008
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Announcement: Alpha Meeting Istanbul May 2008
Deadline extended
Marc Van den Bergh 07 January 2008
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News: Parent status of sperm donors in the spotlight
A UK sperm donor has announced that a decision to make him pay child maintenance, after he donated his sperm in a private arrangement to a lesbian couple, is being reconsider by the Child Support Agency (CSA). Andy Bathie, a fireman, donated his sperm informally to Sharon and Terri Arnold for home insemination. Bathie alleges that the donation was made as a favour and there was an agreement that he would play no part in the child's life and would also not be required to pay maintenance.
Antony Blackburn-Starza 06 January 2008
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Announcement: “Tecnobios Procreazione Symposium 2008” and “3rd International Conference on the Cryopreservation of the Human Oocyte”
The “Tecnobios Procreazione Symposium 2008” is aimed at providing clinicians, embryologists and basic scientists with an opportunity to focus on and discuss some of the most attractive and innovative advances in the field of reproductive biology and medicine. The event will be held in association with the “3rd International Conference on the Cryopreservation of the Human Oocyte
Giovanni Coticchio 03 January 2008
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News: National level training progamme on "In vitro fertilization and embryo culture" 1st Aug 2008
I wish to inform that the Department of Animal Biotechnology, Madras Veterinary College, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University,(TANUVAS) Chennai-7,India. is organizing a National level training programme on “In-Vitro fertilization and Embryo Co-Culture” for one month period from August 2008. This training programme is designed to cover brief theoretical aspects with extensive hands-on training
Narendra babu. K 20 December 2007
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News: The 9th ROYAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AWARD
The underlying objective of this Award is first to support the researchers financially and scientifically regard less of their nationality; secondly to appreciate their efforts, and third, to introduce the researchers and their findings to the world.
Kamal Alizadeh 20 December 2007
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