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IVF increases chances of a boy
Women who conceive through IVF (in vitro fertilisation) are more likely to have a boy, the results of a new study indicate.
Fertility Patients Can Now Use One Screening for Multiple Types of Genetic Diseases Before Pregnancy
DAVIS, Calif. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — IVF Clinic, working in conjunction with Gene Security Network leads the field in bringing a new test to patients that combines the detection of single-gene genetic disorders with a 24 chromosome screening.
Bulgarian Court Cancels 'In Vitro' Conception Age Limit
The birth of twins by 62-year-old psychiatrist Krasimira Dimitrova has spurred a motherhood age limit debate in Bulgaria.
Free Seminar: Infertility Treatment and Reproductive Technologies in Ukraine. London, 23 October 2010
Another international travelling seminar “Infertility Treatment and Reproductive Technologies in Ukraine” of IRTSA is scheduled for October 23, 2010.
Miracle baby born 22 years after sperm was frozen
Beckie and John Roland are celebrating the birth of their ‘miracle’ baby boy – 22 years after the cancer suffering dad had his sperm frozen.
IRTSA successfully conducted the international travelling seminar in Rome
On June 28, 2010 IRTSA company and the Neomed Reproductive Clinic conducted seminar “Infertility treatment and reproductive technologies in Ukraine”.
Round table "The Urgent Issues of Organizational and Legal Support of Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Ukraine"
“IRTSA” Agency together with Medical Law Center and PANAMEDICAL CONSULTING LTD (Great Britain) conducted round table “The Urgent Issues of Organizational and Legal Support of Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Ukraine” on June 15, 2010.
Only special laws can prevent misuse of surrogacy in India, say experts
Even as an Israeli gay couple tries to find ways to get back to their country with their twins, experts in the city feel that there is an immediate need of a legislation for surrogacy in India.
New IVF technique could prevent transmission of mitochondrial disorders
A team of researchers at Newcastle University in the UK successfully transferred genetic material from one newly fertilised human egg to another without carrying over the egg's mitochondria.
Pollutants affect in vitro fertilization
U.S. medical fertility scientists say they've found exposure to nitrogen dioxide and other air pollutants can affect the success of in vitro fertilization.
Higher payments to egg donors
Couples who are unable to have children of their own are willing to pay more for reproductive help from someone smart.
Bulgaria Set to Make Surrogacy Legal
Bulgaria will amend its present Health Act to allow surrogacy, which is illegal at present.
Mothers and fathers disappear from birth certificate to allow homosexual couples to be named as parents
President wants more liberal laws to help infertile couples
President of Croatia Ivo Josipovic is likely to support the amendment of laws on medically-assisted reproduction in Croatia.
New Cryopreservation Technology of Tissue Regeneration to Be Used in Reproductive Medicine
“A woman has given birth to two children after her fertility was restored using transplants of ovarian tissue” – Dutch doctors report.
What happens when surrogacy goes wrong: The recent Indiana surrogacy case in wider context
A northern Indiana couple are the latest in a series of people to become embroiled in a legal battle in the US following the birth of a child conceived through surrogacy. They follow in the footsteps of a recent series of high profile and hard fought US legal parentage battles involving surrogate-born babies.
Russian courts recognized the right to surrogacy of single women
On the 3rd of October the Kuntsevsk District Court, following the decision of the Kalininsk District Court of Saint Petersburg, recognized the right of a single infertile women to maternity through surrogacy.
Surrogacy is a new profession
45-year old Liz Stringer, a single mother of two children, a cook from north Wales (Great Britain) considers herself a professional surrogate. She has given away five babies.
Japanese scientists found out how to conceive embryos from sex cells of three and more parents
Recently Japanese scientists made a revolution in reproductive medicine. Conducting research dealing with reproductive ability of women after 40 involved in IVF, they decided to fuse their eggs with eggs of younger women.
Intending mothers fight for maternity leave following surrogacy
Following new UK government guidelines on surrogacy published last month aimed at improving the rights of surrogacy patients, Ministers are now facing a new legal challenge calling for further changes in the law.
