American man says that he is both father and mother for his kids
This must be one of the most bizarre custody cases ever decided by an American court. The Superior Court of Pennsylvania has refused to grant...
Prince Harry on being a ‘saviour sibling’
The idea of a “saviour sibling” was a popular theme in the media a while ago. The idea was that after a couple had a...
New world record for the longest frozen embryo – 30 years
Lydia and Timothy Ridgeway were conceived in April 1992 and were born in October 2022 in Portland, Oregon. They hold the record as the world’s...
Indian IVF and surrogacy clinics rush to register
India is attempting to regulate its chaotic IVF sector. The milestone Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021 set down that reproductive services like IVF, surrogacy,...
Israeli IVF clinic delivers the wrong baby
After undergoing IVF an Israeli woman has given birth to a child which is not biologically related to her or to her husband. She was...
Healthy young Indian egg donor dies of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
A healthy 23-year-old woman has died in India while her eggs were being extracted for use in IVF. An autopsy revealed that the death was...
Possible cancer risk with frozen IVF embryos
A study of more than 8 million children in Nordic countries suggests that children who begin life as frozen embryos (FET) may have a higher...
Another step forward towards artificial gametes
Have scientists moved a step closer to in vitro gametogenesis – creating human embryos from artificial eggs and sperm? In a paper published earlier this...
Dobbs and IVF: a clear and present danger, say doctors
The overturning of Roe v. Wade has created great uncertainty for IVF doctors in the United States, according to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine....
Orphaned embryos in the care of an orphan
Apologies for overlooking this story from seven years ago. But it is so thought-provoking that it deserves to be reported. I stumbled across it in...
IVF: a great investment opportunity
IVF is Big Business. Not as big as Big Tech or Big Pharma, perhaps, but Big. A bidding war for an Australian stock-exchange listed company...
Lesbian couple in New York aghast at birth of unwanted son
A lesbian couple in New York have opened up about the trauma they felt when their IVF baby turned out to be a boy, instead...