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Announcement: Dr Anand Kumar Memorial Symposium

A symposium in the memory of Dr Anand Kumar on Jan 28, 2011 at the Raman Research Institute, Bangalore.
Rajvi H Mehta 27 January 2011 - Comments (0).

News: Type of treatment and cause of infertility are key factors in IVF success, study finds

Scientists have found that the health of infants born through IVF depends on which techniques were used and their infertility diagnoses. The results indicate that the uterine environment is perhaps the most important influence on key obstetric outcomes: birth weight and the length of gestation.
Marianne Neary 18 January 2011 - Comments (0).

News: IVF clinics to inform patients about birth defect risks

Clinics should warn patients about the increased risk of birth defects for children conceived using fertility treatment, say the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA).
Lucy Freem 18 January 2011 - Comments (0).

News: Canadian court hands fertility regulation to provinces

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that several key powers to regulate and licence fertility practices under Canada's Assisted Human Reproduction Act (the Act) should fall under provincial jurisdiction and are not a matter for federal government. Other powers, including the federal regulation of research on embryos, were upheld.
MacKenna Roberts 18 January 2011 - Comments (0).

News: Human embryos may lose legal protection, UK fertility watchdog claims

The chair of the UK's fertility regulator has said a principle governing how human embryos are used in research may be undermined by proposed changes to UK research governance. Professor Lisa Jardine warned the ''safeguarding of the 'special status of the embryo'' could be lost if the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA)'s power to grant licences for embryo research is transferred to a centralised body.
Antony Blackburn-Starza 13 January 2011 - Comments (0).

News: First 'saviour sibling' stem cell transplant performed in UK

A life-saving tissue transplant from a 'saviour sibling' has been carried out entirely in Britain for the first time. Nine-year old Megan Matthews has a condition called Fanconi anaemia, which leaves her body unable to fight infection and she requires a blood transfusion every few weeks. The only hope of a cure for Megan was for her to have a bone marrow transplant from a matched donor.
Jay Stone 13 January 2011 - Comments (1).

Announcement: ACADEMY OF CLINICAL EMBRYOLOGIST, India

Academy of Clinical Embryologist (ACE), the organization of clinical embryology practitioners is to offer a focused academic forum for Clinical embryologists to share ideas and knowledge, and promote closer collaborations.
Parag Nandi 11 January 2011 - Comments (0).

Announcement: SSIF launches online symposium in reproductive medicine

Serono Symposia International Foundation has just launched its first ‘CME online symposium’: From ovarian stimulation to the laboratory: is there room for improvement?
Michael Withers 05 January 2011

News: BPA can affect egg quality, study claims

US researchers have shown a correlation between human eggquality and blood bisphenol A (BPA) levels. In a small-scale study women with higher blood BPA levels showed decreased fertilisation rates when undergoing IVF treatment.
Lux Fatimathas 23 December 2010 - Comments (0).

News: Behaviour nurture not nature, says IVF children study

A long-term study following 1,000 families with children born usingIVF between 1994 and 2002 in the UK and US has shown the importance of parenting in the outcome of a child's behaviour.
Chris Chatterton 23 December 2010 - Comments (0).

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