News: Fertility in the UK affected by lifestyle
A survey undertaken in the UK suggests that major reasons why couples fail to achieve pregnancy are their lifestyle, and the increased age at which people tend to have children.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 05 September 2005
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News: IVF linked to 'baby blues'
Australian researchers have found that mothers who have children after fertility treatment face a higher risk of suffering from postnatal depression and difficulties with early parenting.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 05 September 2005
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News: UK public surveyed on embryos, cloning and more
A survey that asked 2432 members of the UK public about its attitudes to current ethical and moral issues in medicine shows that most are in favour of some embryo and stem cell research, but draw the line at human reproductive cloning.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 05 September 2005
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News: New Zealand launches register of donors and offspring
A new register for gamete donors and donor offspring has been launched in New Zealand. The register will enable people conceived through the use of donor sperm, eggs or embryos to have the chance to find out about their genetic origins.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 05 September 2005
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News: Stress does not affect IVF outcome
A study by researchers at University Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden, have found that stress and anxiety do not affect the chances of a woman getting pregnant while receiving fertility treatment.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 28 August 2005
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News: Utah Symposium on the Genetics of Male Infertility
The Utah Symposium on the Genetics of Male Infertility will be held from January 26-28, 2006.
University of Utah School of Medicine 21 August 2005
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News: CRi announces the Oosight Imaging System
The next-generation of CRi's own, original, industry-leading SpindleView system
Ross Nakatsuji 17 August 2005
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News: Link between chlamydia and infertility questioned
One of the UK's leading fertility experts has questioned the link between chlamydia and infertility.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 15 August 2005
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News: UK fertility laws to be reviewed
The UK's Department of Health (DH) is to invite views on the way that some assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) are regulated in the UK.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 15 August 2005
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News: HFEA to consult on use of PGD for late-onset diseases
The UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) is to issue a public consultation on the use of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) for late-onset and 'lower penetrance' genetic disorders.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 15 August 2005
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News: IVF babies more likely to be premature
According to a study reported in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, twins conceived through in vitro fertilisation (IVF) are more likely to be born prematurely and delivered by Caesarean than those conceived through sexual intercourse.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 08 August 2005
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News: New eggs from bone marrow stem cells?
Bone marrow stem cells can produce new eggs in adult mice, US researchers say. A team based at Massachusetts General Hospital has shown that the eggs of mice rendered sterile with a drug can regenerate within 24 hours, and that these germ cells originate from bone marrow.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 03 August 2005
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Announcement: In-Vitro fertilization and Embryo Co-Culture
The Department of Animal Biotechnology, Madras Veterinary College, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai-7, is organizing a National level training programme on ?In-Vitro fertilization and Embryo Co-Culture? for one month period from 12-09-2005 to 11-10-2005. This training programme is designed to cover brief theoretical aspects with extensive hands-on training on the following topics.
Last date before 09-09-2005.
Dr. A. Palanisamy 31 July 2005
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News: HFEA to consider single embryo limit
The UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) is to review its rules on how many embryos can be implanted during IVF treatments.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 30 July 2005
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Article: From here to paternity: older fathers and sperm donation
The eighth child of Charlie Chaplin was born when he was 73 and as far as we know has lived a healthy life. However, whilst most men remain fertile into their old age, it has long been recognised that to father children later in life increases the risk of their being born with a variety of conditions such as Down syndrome, achondroplasia and even schizophrenia.
Dr Allan Pacey, Senior Lecturer in Andrology, University of Sheffield 28 July 2005
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News: 'Fresh' eggs wanted for cloning
Professor Ian Wilmut, the pioneering creator of Dolly the sheep, is seeking permission from the UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) to ask women to donate eggs for cloning experiments in his work on motor neurone disease.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 28 July 2005
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News: Older father link to birth defects
The risk of having a child born with certain congenital problems may increase with the father's age, US and Danish researchers say.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 23 July 2005
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News: Oestrogen receptor link to infertility
Some women may not respond to fertility drugs if they lack a certain oestrogen-related gene, according to a new study on mice.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 23 July 2005
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News: Testicular cancer patients remain fertile
The majority of testicular cancer patients are able to go on to father children, according to a new study published in the British Journal of Cancer.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 23 July 2005
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News: Some UK health trusts refusing to fund IVF
Despite government promises to end the 'postcode lottery' of the provision of fertility treatment in the UK, ten primary care trusts (PCTs) of the UK's National Health Service (NHS) have said they will refuse to fund IVF treatments at present.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 23 July 2005
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News: 'Saviour sibling' born to Fletcher family
A Belfast woman has given birth to the first 'saviour sibling' conceived in the UK: a baby girl who could help treat her seriously ill three-year-old brother.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 23 July 2005
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News: Embryos tested for haemophilia gene mutation
UK scientists have used preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) to help a couple conceive a baby unaffected by haemophilia, a serious inherited blood clotting disorder.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 18 July 2005
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News: Woman gives birth after embryo frozen for 13 years
A baby girl who spent 13 years as an embryo frozen at -235C has been born in California. The birth of Laina Beasley set a new medical record in fertility treatment, as the longest time an embryo has been frozen and born healthy.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 09 July 2005
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Announcement: Serono Symposia International 2005 events
Here is the list of Serono Symposia activities that will be taking place in Autumn 2005.
Simon Basten 08 July 2005
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News: Second frozen ovary transplant birth
An Israeli woman has given birth to a healthy baby girl after undergoing an ovarian tissue transplant, following cancer treatment that left her infertile.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 02 July 2005
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