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Embryo Screening Allows To Safeguard Against Alzheimer's Disease In Children

Couples who fear that their children could inherit a rare form of  Alzheimer’s will now be able to screen their embryos to have babies who are free of the disease.

Longer And Slower Sperm Fare Better In The Race To Fertilization

The fastest Olympic swimmer always gets the gold. If we replace "Olympic swimmer" with "sperm" and "gets the gold" with "fertilizes the egg," does the same hold true?

Older Moms Have Less Cancer Risks

The older a woman is when she gives birth, the lower her risk for endometrial cancer, a new study reports.

A Surrogate Will Bear The Second Child For Elton John

Elton John and David Furnish are set to become parents for the second time, according to reports.

IVF Patients Will Be Protected By A More Secure Law

Just before rising for the summer recess, Parliament approved the first reading of the Protection of Embryos Bill. The Bill, which has yet to be published, is meant to regulate in vitro fertilisation (IVF). The Social Policy Ministry is on record stating that the Bill will also safeguard the rights of parents, the embryos and children born as a result of IVF and will make provisions for the service to be offered at Mater Dei Hospital.

Parents Of Quintuplets – Born Over A Span Of Six Years

A British couple, who thought that they would never have children, are now parents of quintuplets – born over a span of six years.

New Research May Treat Degenerative Diseases

Three new lines of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) that were the first in the world to be produced without contamination from any animal.

Blood test for pregnant women to forecast risk of fetal diseases

Canadian researchers have found a protein in the blood of pregnant women that can predict if they are likely to have a fetus that doesn't grow properly, and thus has a high risk of stillbirth and long-term health complications. The research could lead to a widely available blood test and could help develop ways for improving the outcomes of women and their children who face this risk — estimated to be as many as one of every 20 pregnancies.

Advanced IVF Research To Be Launched

Study combines two cutting-edge technologies to further understanding of embryo development.

Advanced Infertility Treatment Raises Hope In Couples

Childless couples can increase their chance of having a baby by up to 20pc thanks to a new fertility treatment already in use here.

Pernicious Habits Do Not Affect Conception

Doctors often recommend lifestyle changes for men facing infertility: avoid cigarettes, cut back on drinking, lose weight. That’s great advice for an overall healthy life, but a new study suggests it won’t necessarily help men conceive a child.

British Ethics Comission Supports '3-Parent' IVF

An influential British bioethics group says that couples who face the risk of having a baby with certain genetic diseases should be allowed to use eggs from two women to produce the embryo.

New IVF Procedure Dramatically Increases Chances Of Conception

The new technology allows scientists to examine the genetic structure of an embryo before insemination boosting pregnancy rates by more than 50 per cent.

Japan’s LDP Drafts Bill On Surrogacy

For the moment, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has set up a panel that will draft a preliminary outline for a Bill that will approve surrogate births and third-party egg donations, but with some set rules and guidelines.

Continuous Weekly Fertility Infusions Work Equally As Daily

New long-lasting weekly injections of fertility hormones are as safe and effective as standard daily injections, according to Cochrane researchers. The researchers compared weekly and daily hormone injections in a Cochrane systematic review and found no difference in pregnancies or serious side effects between the two regimens.

The Scientists Deciphered Genome Of 18-Week-Old Foetus

A blood sample from mum and saliva from dad have been used to sequence the genome of a foetus in the womb, by US researchers.

Testing To Prevent IVF Mixtures

It sounds like something out of a futuristic movie, but a team of scientists are proposing to bar-code human embryos for easy identification.

New Find Gives Insight On Pregnancy Mystery

Researchers at NYU School of Medicine have made an important discovery that partially answers the long-standing question of why a mother's immune system does not reject a developing fetus as foreign tissue.

New Diagnostics To Predict Risk of IVF Twins

Couples undergoing in vitro fertilization for infertility often face an excruciating choice: Should they have two or possibly three embryos implanted and run the risk of having twins or triplets, or should they have a single embryo implanted with the greater likelihood that no pregnancy will be achieved at all?

Changes In Australian Law On Surrogacy

South Australia has fallen into line with other states by changing its surrogacy laws.