News: Cheap, efficient IVF in eastern Europe
The European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) has suggested that the recent expansion of the European Union (EU) could lead to a rise in UK and other western European couples travelling to eastern Europe for fertility treatment.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 01 July 2004
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News: ICSI affects growth of female embryos
BioNews reporting from ESHRE conference, Berlin: A form of IVF in which a single sperm is injected directly into the egg appears to slow down the growth rate of the resulting female (but not male) early embryos, according to a new Dutch study.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 29 June 2004
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News: Success in ovarian tissue grafting
BioNews reporting from the ESHRE conference, Berlin: Danish researchers have reported that they are on the verge of producing a pregnancy from frozen-thawed human ovarian tissue, while in Belgium it transpires that a woman is already 25 weeks pregnant following similar treatment - the first time this treatment has ever led to a pregnancy.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 29 June 2004
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News: Mobile phones and Viagra linked to male infertility?
BioNews reporting from ESHRE conference, Berlin: Using a mobile phone and taking the anti-impotence drug Viagra may both affect a man's fertility, according to a report in the Sunday Times.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 28 June 2004
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News: Excess protein could affect pregnancy chances
BioNews reporting from ESHRE conference, Berlin: High protein diets could affect a woman's chances of becoming pregnant, a US study carried out on mice suggests.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 28 June 2004
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News: Gene chips for testing embryos
BioNews reporting from ESHRE conference, Berlin: Couples at risk of having a child affected by a genetic disease could benefit from new, faster tests to detect gene mutations in IVF embryos, Australian scientists say.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 28 June 2004
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News: German study shows support for assisted reproduction
According to a study undertaken by German researchers, current legislation in Germany is 'out of step' with public attitudes towards the use of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), egg donation and surrogacy.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 28 June 2004
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News: Chemical from khat leaves could boost fertility
BioNews reporting from ESHRE conference, Berlin: A chemical that occurs naturally in the leaves of an African plant could help couples conceive, UK scientists say.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 28 June 2004
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News: First embryo donation study shows children faring well
BioNews reporting from ESHRE conference, Berlin: Research has revealed that a majority of parents who use embryo donation in order to have children decide not to tell their child about its origins.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 28 June 2004
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News: Older women advised not to delay fertility treatment
A study, published in the advance online edition of the journal Human Reproduction this week, warns women that the availability of assisted reproduction techniques cannot compensate for 'waiting too long to start a family'.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 18 June 2004
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News: New test could predict onset of menopause
Researchers have discovered a way of predicting the start of the menopause.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 17 June 2004
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News: An alternative to ovarian tissue freezing
Canadian doctors have reported a new method for preserving the fertility of women undergoing cancer treatment, which they say offers an alternative to embryo and ovarian tissue freezing.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 16 June 2004
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News: 'Postcode lottery' for IVF may not end after all
Only one third of primary care trusts (PCTs) in England will introduce guidelines designed to end the 'postcode lottery' of IVF treatment on the National Health Service (NHS), according to a new survey.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 14 June 2004
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News: New storage guidelines issued for UK fertility clinics
New guidelines have been issued in the UK to protect frozen sperm, eggs and embryos stored in fertility clinics from being accidentally destroyed.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 09 June 2004
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News: Junk DNA is dispensable - or is it?
Two new studies published last week shed some light on the purpose of so-called 'junk' DNA - vast stretches of mammalian genomes that do not contain any genes, or serve any other obvious purpose.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 07 June 2004
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News: New law affects sperm donation in the Netherlands
A new law that requires sperm donors to be identifiable has come into force in the Netherlands, resulting in a dramatic drop in the number of men coming forward to donate.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 04 June 2004
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News: Problems arising from new Italian fertility law
An infertile Italian couple has been told by a court that they must transplant all embryos they created during IVF treatment, even though it is known that they both carry the gene for thalassaemia, a recessive genetic condition, and that some of their embryos may be affected.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 04 June 2004
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News: Banking on frozen sperm
Last week's news that a healthy baby boy was conceived using sperm frozen 21 years earlier triggered a flurry of front page news stories.
Dr Jess Buxton 01 June 2004
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News: Baby born from 21 year old sperm
Scientists in the UK have reported the birth of a healthy baby boy born to a father whose sperm was frozen for 21 years.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 27 May 2004
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News: Gene affects embryo's need for folic acid
A new study confirms the need for women planning a pregnancy to take folic acid supplements, in order to reduce the risk of serious congenital conditions in their babies.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 21 May 2004
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News: Embryo test could increase IVF success rate
A new test to identify embryos most likely to result in a pregnancy could double the success rate of IVF, US researchers claim.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 21 May 2004
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News: Low sperm counts linked to gene control flaw
Men suffering fertility problems because of a low sperm count may have flaws in the fundamental programming of their genes, known as imprinting.
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NewScientist 21 May 2004
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Article: Natallie Evans: another reason to review the HFE Act
Natallie Evans was diagnosed with a pre-cancerous ovarian condition and had to undergo surgery to have her ovaries removed. Before this happened, she underwent IVF treatment from which six embryos were created and are in frozen storage.
Muiris Lyons 21 May 2004
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Article: How good are we at recruiting sperm donors?
One in six couples have fertility problems. Male factors are known to be responsible for about 30 per cent of these cases, and are associated with another 30 per cent in combination with female factors.
Sudipta Paul, Steve Harbottle and Jane A Stewart 21 May 2004
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News: Genetics watchdog looks at newborn profiling
The UK's Human Genetics Commission (HGC) has considered the issues surrounding the testing and storing of DNA samples from all newborn babies, at a meeting held in Bristol last week.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 17 May 2004
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News: First baby from frozen egg in China
China's first IVF baby to be conceived using a frozen human egg was born at the end of April this year. Newspapers in the country have heralded the birth as the 'arrival of a technology that was introduced abroad only three years ago'.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 17 May 2004
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News: Dads deliver more than DNA
Sperm contribute paternal DNA when they fertilise an egg - but they also deliver some messenger RNA (mRNA), US researchers say. The unexpected finding means that sperm could play a greater role in early development than previously thought, say the scientists, who reported their results in the journal Nature.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 17 May 2004
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News: Frozen sperm as good as fresh
A review of IVF procedures undertaken in the last ten years at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, US, has shown that it makes no difference to success rates whether frozen or fresh sperm is used.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 17 May 2004
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News: Questions over egg donors for cloned embryos
The South Korean scientists who successfully extracted stem cells from cloned human embryos are now facing questions over the origin of the 247 donated eggs used in their experiments.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 10 May 2004
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News: US 'saviour siblings' spark debate
US doctors report that they have helped five couples to have IVF babies which are able to provide tissue-matched cord blood for ill siblings.
Dr. Kirsty Horsey 05 May 2004
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