China could permit IVF for single women
The Chinese government is pondering whether to permit single women to access egg freezing and IVF in an effort to put a brake on the...
Risky and unnecessary embryo genetic testing (PGT-A) in Malaysia is driven by culture
Currently in Malaysia, many fertility clinics strongly encourage and even push their patients to do highly expensive preimplantation genetic testing of their IVF embryos, technically...
WHO backs IVF industry’s call for government funding for infertility
Large numbers of people are affected by infertility in their lifetime, according to a new report published the World Health Organization. Around 17.5% of the...
Asia-Pacific IVF market could reach US$46 billion by 2031
According to a market survey by Allied Market Research, IVF is booming in the Asia-Pacific region. The market size was about $9.3 billion in 2021...
The mouse with two dads, no mum
Using stem cell technology, scientists in Japan have succeeded in breeding mice with two fathers and no mother. Katsuhiko Hayashi, of the University of Osaka,...
Should slavery be invoked in debates about embryos?
A Virginia judge has referred to an 1849 statute about ownership of slaves in his deliberations about the fate of frozen embryos. Fairfax County Circuit...
Mitochondrial donation: sold as a miracle, now it seems that it could CAUSE disease
One of the most controversial procedures in artificial reproduction is “three-parent IVF”. After acrimonious debates, it was legalised in the United Kingdom, Singapore, and Australia....
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...