IVF Podcast: ALPHA - Scientists in Reproductive Medicine
 Basak Balaban, Lynette Scott and Alan Thornhill talk about ALPHA and how it can benefit scientists in reproductive medicine around the world.
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IVF Podcasts 02 November 2008
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News: Assisted reproduction associated with elevated risk of birth defects
A study published last week in the journal Human Reproduction found an elevated risk of birth defects amongst babies conceived through assisted reproductive techniques, including IVF. The research, headed by Dr Jennita Reefhuis of the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, used data from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study to compare the health of babies born to women who had used the techniques with infants born to women who had conceived naturally.
Lorna Stewart 24 November 2008
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News: Overweight women more likely to miscarry healthy babies
Overweight women are at greater risk of miscarrying a genetically normal baby in the early stages of pregnancy than women who maintain a healthy weight, according to a new study by scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine in California, US.
Rebecca Robey 17 November 2008
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News: Slow-frozen embryos seem to produce healthier babies in IVF [Correction]
Three new independent studies have provided further evidence that embryos stored using slow-freezing techniques may be better than fresh for IVF. The studies were presented at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine conference in San Francisco, US, last week. The studies indicate that using frozen embryos rather than fresh embryos reduces the risk of stillbirth and premature delivery.
Alison Cranage 17 November 2008
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News: Child born following whole ovary transplant
A 39-year old woman has become the first to give birth following a whole ovary transplant.
Adam Fletcher 17 November 2008
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News: Fertility experts suggest reforms to overcome sperm shortage
Sperm donation services require infrastructural reorganisation, 'sperm-sharing' incentive schemes and regulatory reforms to overcome the severe shortage presently causing 'anguish' to thousands of infertile couples in the UK each year and to the health professionals unable to provide treatment to their patients, according to fertility experts writing in the British Medical Journal (BMJ).
MacKenna Roberts 17 November 2008
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News: Acupuncture does not increase chance of IVF conception: further evidence
Two new studies have found that acupuncture does not increase the chances of conception through IVF.
Katy Sinclair 17 November 2008
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News: 'No-drugs' IVF just as effective for under 35's
A new method of assisted conception has been hailed as a safer and equally effective alternative to IVF for certain groups of women undergoing treatment.
Sarah Guy 17 November 2008
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News: Screening embryos before IVF improves success rate
The first trial of a procedure which selects IVF embryos with the best chance of developing into healthy babies was presented last week at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine conference in San Francisco.
Lorna Stewart 17 November 2008
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News: Woman gives birth to twins conceived with 13 year-old sperm
A woman in Taiwan has used the frozen sperm of her cancer-survivor husband to conceive and give birth to healthy twins. The woman's husband, surnamed Chen, was diagnosed with testicular cancer whilst studying at university aged 23.
Sarah Guy 17 November 2008
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News: HFEA Consultations: Have your say!
The HFEA has launched two consultations that will affect the way the regulator works with both patients and clinics.
HFEA 17 November 2008
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News: HFEA welcomes Royal Assent for HFE Act
Ground breaking new legislation updating the law on assisted reproduction and embryo research received Royal Assent on 13th November.
HFEA 17 November 2008
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News: Study Shows It May Be Possible to Preserve Child-Bearing Ability in Young Girls with Cancer
Research appearing in the on-line edition of Fertility and Sterility revealed that it may be possible for girls suffering from cancer in childhood to preserve their ability to have children later in life.
ASRM 09 November 2008
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News: No consensus on when human life begins
An international poll has shown a range of opinions about when human life begins biologically. It comes ahead of a proposed constitutional amendment in Colorado, US, which could confer legal rights to embryos at the point of fertilisation. The poll was commissioned by Reproductive Biology Associates, an IVF clinic in Atlanta, Georgia.
Alison Cranage 04 November 2008
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Announcement: EZ-Strip launches in the US
 Research Instruments to launch EZ-Strip at ASRM – the worlds first disposable denudation system.
W Brown 29 October 2008
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IVF Podcast: Cloning
 Professor Keith Campbell, part of the team that cloned Dolly the sheep, discusses cloning.
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IVF Podcasts 26 October 2008
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News: Potential fall in success for IVF patients under 'single-embryo' initiative.
A study into the potential effects of transferring a single embryo (SET) into the womb during IVF treatment has revealed that success rates are likely to drop as a result.
Sarah Guy 26 October 2008
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News: Spanish 'saviour sibling' attracts pro-life opposition
Last week saw the birth of Spain's first so-called 'saviour sibling' - a term used to describe babies conceived following embryo testing to ensure their umbilical cord blood will provide tissue-matched stem cells for an existing sick child.
Ailsa Taylor 26 October 2008
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News: Victorian parliament approves equal access to IVF
New laws that grant lesbian couples and single women equal access to IVF have been passed by MPs voting in Victoria's Parliament. The Assisted Reproductive Treatment bill was approved by 47 votes to 34, in a three day debate that lasted in the early hours. It will now be debated in the Upper House before it can become law.
Anthony Blackburn-Starza 14 October 2008
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News: Fertility doctor wins libel costs and tops IVF league tables
New figures release last week by the UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) show that two clinics run by fertility expert Mohammad Taranissi - the Assisted Reproduction and Gynaecology Centre (ARGC) and the Reproductive Genetics Institute (RGI) - are the most successful in the country in terms of 'live birth rates' (the number of babies born compared to the number of IVF cycles carried out).
Ailsa Taylor 14 October 2008
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News: Widow claims human right to use dead husband's sperm
The UK's High Court has ruled that it may have been unlawful for a widow to have removed her dead husband's sperm. Despite UK law requiring valid written consent for the storage and use of sperm, the 42-year-old widow obtained emergency Court permission to have sperm collected from her 31-year-old husband's body hours after he unexpectedly died from complications with a routine operation to remove his appendix in June 2007.
MacKenna Roberts 14 October 2008
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News: UK IVF births top 10,000
The number of women having successful in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment topped 10,000 for the first time in 2006, according to new figures released by the HFEA today. There were 10,242 births resulting in 12,596 babies in 2006, an increase of 13.1% on the number of births in 2005.
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority 08 October 2008
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Announcement: University of Oxford's new MSc in Clinical Embryology now recruiting for October 2009 entry
This new, one year, residential, taught M.Sc. aims to provide graduate students, scientists and clinicians with highly advanced theoretical and practical understanding of human reproductive biology, embryology, infertility and assisted reproductive technology (ART) along with intensive ‘hands-on’ practical training in essential laboratory skills and the sophisticated gamete micromanipulation techniques associated with ART.
Dr Kevin Coward 07 October 2008
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News: Scientists find new information about embryo implantation
Scientists at the University of Oxford, UK, believe they have identified the way in which embryos implant in the uterus, providing essential information which may be used in the future for infertility treatments and offering hope to thousands of infertile couples.
Charlotte Maden 06 October 2008
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News: India to introduce new fertility regulation
New laws to regulate assisted reproductive technology in India will be introduced to Parliament later this year. The text of the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill 2008 was published last week by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for public comment.
Antony Blackburn-Starza 06 October 2008
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