News: New technique will improve embryo test success rates
A new technique is set to improve the success rate of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), the testing of embryos for gene mutations that cause disease.
Dr Jess Buxton 20 June 2006
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News: No physical health problems for ICSI children
Researchers from Belgium have presented evidence at the annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) in Prague, Czech Republic, today, to show that children born from intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) are still developing well 8 years after birth.
Dr Kirsty Horsey 20 June 2006
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Announcement: IVI AMERICA CONGRESS
Dates: 15th, 16th and 17th November, 2006
Place: Mexico DF
Ana Dipierri 20 June 2006
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News: Parents warned over speculative cord blood banking
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) has issued an updated version of its Scientific Opinion Paper on Umbilical Cord Blood Banking.
Heidi Nicholl 19 June 2006
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News: No new eggs from bone marrow cells
A new US study has cast serious doubt on controversial research that suggested bone marrow stem cells can produce new eggs in adult mice.
Dr Jess Buxton 17 June 2006
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News: Sperm quality may decline as men age
A new study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has found that sperm quality may deteriorate as men age. The study, which involves a relatively small number of volunteer subjects, was conducted at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California.
Heidi Nicholl 17 June 2006
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Announcement: Alpha Conference Lucerne 15-17 September 2006
Alpha Scinetists in Reproductive Medicine is organising it's next conference in the beautiful Swiss town Lucerne.
Marc Van den Bergh 11 June 2006
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News: Testicle stem cell hope
UK researchers have been given the go-ahead to investigate the potential of human testicle stem cells to develop into other types of body tissue The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has licenced the team, based at the Hammersmith Hospital in London, to study the cells in order to find out if they are as versatile as stem cells isolated from early embryos.
Dr Jess Buxton 09 June 2006
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News: HFEA publishes new guide to infertility
The UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has published a new edition - in hard copy and online - of its annual 'Guide to Infertility'.
Dr Kirsty Horsey 09 June 2006
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News: Cash and sperm shortages threaten UK fertility services
The UK's North Lincolnshire Primary Care Trust (PCT) has said that no new couples will be referred for IVF treatment until at least next April.
Dr Kirsty Horsey 09 June 2006
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News: Couple speak out about IVF mistake
A British couple have spoken to the press about the 'nightmare' they have gone through since a mistake was made during treatment they received at a Leeds fertility clinic six years ago.
Dr Kirsty Horsey 09 June 2006
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News: Couple speak out about IVF mistake
A British couple have spoken to the press about the 'nightmare' they have gone through since a mistake was made during treatment they received at a Leeds fertility clinic six years ago.
Dr Kirsty Horsey 09 June 2006
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Announcement: Workshop on Micromanipulation of Gametes & Vitrification
Symposium on Advances in Andrology & Reproductive Medicine
Date: 27th August 2006
Workshops on Micromanipulation of gametes & Vitrification - Date: 21-25th August 2006
& Advanced Andrology - Date: 26th August 2006
Prof. A.K. Bhattacharyya 07 June 2006
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News: Research Instruments are proud to unveil their new VOC meter
Research Instruments are proud to unveil their new VOC meter for IVF Labs that can quickly and accurately assess laboratory VOC?s at very low levels.
W.R.Brown MBA 30 May 2006
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News: Assisted reproduction increases risk of placenta disorder
Researchers at St Olav's University Hospital in Trondheim, Norway, have discovered a link between assisted reproduction and an increased risk of placenta praevia - a dangerous complication of pregnancy where the placenta covers all or part of the cervix.
Heidi Nicholl 30 May 2006
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