In the spring of 2013, a team of researchers and doctors at the University of Gothenburg performed the last of nine planned uterus transplants. The six-month follow up shows that live-donor uterus transplantation has a low risk despite extended surgery duration.In the next phase of the world-unique research project researchers will help seven of the women become pregnant through IVF treatment.
Month: March 2014
Next Step in Live-Donor Uterus Transplant Project
In the spring of 2013, a team of researchers and doctors at the University of Gothenburg performed the last of nine planned uterus transplants. The six-month follow up shows that live-donor uterus transplantation has a low risk despite extended surgery duration.In the next phase of the world-unique research project researchers will help seven of the women become pregnant through IVF treatment.
Men’s Phthalate Levels Linked to Pregnancy Trouble
Women whose male partners have high levels of hormone-mimicking chemicals known as phthalates take longer to become pregnant, according to new research.
The Otherhood: Single Women Face ‘Circumstantial Infertility’
The “Otherhood” is made up of well educated, happy and financially independent women who find, that as their fertility wanes, they are still single and childless.
Dr. Max Gomez: Dealing With Second Child Infertility
Infertility is a problem for millions of couples even though some of them have already had a child.
Teen’s Painful Story Helps Others Cope With Disease
In just six years 18-year-old Olivia Biddle has undergone six surgeries, been medically put through menopause twice and endured a painful false labour – all in a bid to ease the suffering of crippling endometriosis.
Updating New York’s Surrogacy Laws
Saying that New York law has failed to keep pace with medical advances in assisted reproduction, two lawmakers are drawing attention to a bill meant to ease the process for parents who cannot conceive to use a surrogate to have their child.
Infertility is Widespread But Many Utah Couples Can’t Afford Help
Utah couples sometimes go deep into debt to pay for treatments that are rarely covered by insurance.
How Tiny Robots Could Help Make Babies
Tiny robots could help turn prospective parents’ dreams into reality. It depends on how a robotic in-vitro fertilization technique developed by the Advanced Micro and Nanosystems Laboratory (AMNL) at the University of Toronto pans out.
The Laws They Are A-Changing…How Can You Protect Yourself?
The news concerning third party reproductive arrangements has been alarming these past few months. Dozens of Israeli same sex couples were stuck in Thailand with their babies born through gestational surrogacy, due to a Thai law holding …