Infertility treatments 'not linked' to developmental delays
ConclusionThis prospective cohort study aimed to assess whether use of and type of infertility treatment was associated with a child's development up to the age of 36 months. The study found no convincing evidence that infertility treatment had any impact on a child's development, which will come as a relief to parents who have undertaken treatment. However, while this type of observational study is good for looking at links between an exposure and an outcome over a period of time, it is not able to prove direct cause and effect and say for certain whether there is any link between two factors. For example, various socioec...
Source: NHS News Feed - January 5, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical practice Pregnancy/child Source Type: news
Nigeria: Why Success Rate of In-Vitro Fertilisation Can't Be Determined in Nigeria - Expert
[Vanguard] A consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist, Dr Abayomi Ajayi, has said it is difficult to determine the success rate of In-Vitro Fertilisation, IVF, in the country due to lack of monitoring agencies. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 25, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
U.K. scientists ask to edit human embryo genes
(Reuters) — British scientists have applied for permission to edit the genes of human embryos in a series of experiments aimed at finding out more about the earliest stages of human development.
Just months after Chinese scientists caused an international furor by saying they had genetically modified human embryos, Kathy Niakan, a stem cell scientist from London’s Francis Crick Institute, has asked the British government’s fertility regulator for a license to carry out similar experiments.
In a statement about her application, which was made to the Human Fertilization & Embryology Authority, Niakan said...
Source: Mass Device - September 18, 2015 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Brad Perriello Tags: Business/Financial News Genetic Engineering Source Type: news
Nigeria: First Test-Tube Baby to Study Medicine
[This Day] Abuja -Exactly 17 years after she was born through In Vitro Fertilisation? (IVF), Nigeria's first test-tube baby, Miss Hannatu Kupchi, has decided to study medicine so she can be of greater help to families in frantic search of babies of their own. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 1, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Country's First Test Tube Baby Turns 17, to Study Medicine in Hungary
[Leadership] Abuja -Seventeen years after she was born through 'In Vitro Fertilisation'? (IVF) process, Nigeria's first test tube baby, Miss Hannatu Kupchi, has been offered admission to study medicine in an Hungarian University. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 1, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Rwanda: Experts Say Successful IVF Deliveries 'a Milestone'
[New Times] It is nearly a year since in vitro fertilisation (IVF) service was introduced in Rwanda, a feat that has helped couples with complications in conceiving get babies. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - August 13, 2015 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Does red meat affect male fertility?
ConclusionThis study of a cohort of men attending a fertility clinic for help to conceive found fertilisation rates in the laboratory during IVF were less successful if men reported a diet high in processed meat, and more successful if they ate more chicken. Importantly, the effect of overall meat intake was not related to fertility success, which is the chance of becoming pregnant after the treatment cycles, or having a live birth. It was also not clear whether the variation in fertility rate influenced how many cycles of IVF were needed, or how long the couple needed medical assistance, before they became pregnant or had...
Source: NHS News Feed - August 11, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Food/diet Pregnancy/child Source Type: news
VIDEO: First IVF birth: 'I feel really special'
Louise Brown says that being the first person born of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) makes her feel "really special". (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - July 23, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nigeria: Infertility Challenges Can Be Reduced - Expert
[This Day] The Chief Executive Officer, Olive Branch Clinic, Lagos, Dr. Ikenna Emeka, has stated that infertility issues experienced by Nigerian couples can be reduced drastically, if affected persons embrace the In-Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) method. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - May 14, 2015 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
UK MPs vote in favour of three-person IVF technique
The UK MPs have voted in favour of the three-person in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) technique, setting the stage for Britain to become the first country to allow mitochondrial DNA replacement. (Source: Pharmaceutical Technology)
Source: Pharmaceutical Technology - February 4, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Britain Votes On Allowing World's First 3-Parent IVF Babies
BY KATE AND KELLAND
LONDON Tue Feb 3, 2015 8:55am EST
Feb 3 (Reuters) - Britain on Tuesday could become the first country to allow a "three-parent" IVF technique which doctors say will prevent some inherited incurable diseases but which critics see as a step towards creating designer babies.
The treatment is known as "three-parent" in vitro fertilisation (IVF) because the babies, born from genetically modified embryos, would have DNA from a mother, a father and from a female donor.
It is designed to help families with mitochondrial diseases, incurable conditions passed down the maternal line that affect around one in 6,...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - February 3, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Possible cause of IVF failure in some women identified
(University of Manchester) New research from The University of Manchester has demonstrated a previously unexplored biological process, which can lead to the failure of embryos to attach to the uterine wall during in vitro fertilisation. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - February 2, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Nordic IVF outcomes improving - is the same true for the UK?
Conclusion
This study found an improvement in health outcomes around the time of birth for babies conceived using artificial reproductive technology (IVF, ICSI and frozen embryo transfer) over the last 20 years in four Nordic countries (Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland).
The study sample was large and the methods robust. This means we can be relatively confident these results paint an accurate picture of what is going on in these countries.
But two questions remain: are similar results found in the UK, and what is behind the improvement?
On the first question, it is difficult to say without having direct UK data....
Source: NHS News Feed - January 21, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical practice Pregnancy/child Source Type: news
Could 'DNA editing' lead to designer babies?
Conclusion
This laboratory research using sperm and egg cells from mice demonstrates the use of a system to produce targeted alterations in the DNA – a process the media like to call “genetic editing”. The editing happened just before the genetic material of the egg and sperm cell fuse together.
The system makes use of an enzyme (Cas9) capable of cutting bonds within DNA, and a “guide” molecule targeting it to the correct genetic location. So far, the techniques have only been tested in animals, and for “editing out” a small number of genes.
However, though this is very early stage research, the results do...
Source: NHS News Feed - January 19, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Genetics/stem cells Medical practice Source Type: news
South Africa: Cutting the Cost to Conceive
[Health-e]For couples who can't conceive naturally, in vitro fertilisation (IVF) can cost ten of thousands of rands but that may be changing. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - January 13, 2015 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
