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...
Three-parent embryo law passed in Australia
A bill authorising three-parent embryos sailed through the upper house of the Australian Parliament in late March after a fierce debate. “Maeve’s Law”, named after...
When fertility management becomes big business
It’s a commonplace of science journalism that ethics cannot keep pace with technology. As far as assisted reproduction goes, ethics cannot keep pace with business....
Global sperm market reaches nearly US$5 billion
The global market for human sperm generated US$4.74 billion in 2019 and by 2027 will reach $4.86 billion, according to a market report from Allied...
Beijing to subsidise IVF to boost falling birth rates
The city of Beijing is adding 16 reproductive health technologies to its health insurance programs in an effort to boost the birth rates. Other cities...
Predicting an embryo’s future with ‘polygenic risk scores’ is ‘unproven’ and ‘unethical’, say experts
“Advanced embryo genetic testing. Choose your healthiest embryo.” This is the slogan of Genomic Prediction, an American company which is selling polygenic risk scores (PRSs)...
Spanish couple awarded €38,000 after IVF clinic produced the wrong kind of child
A Spanish couple has won a lawsuit in a Belgian court because an IVF clinic produced twins with the wrong genetic make-up. The parents were...