It is well known that a singleton pregnancy carries the lowest risk to the mother and newborn. Therefore, the delivery of a full-term, healthy singleton is considered the best outcome after the use of assisted reproductive technology (ART).
Month: July 2015
Report: More Teen Girls Turning to Morning After Pill
More than 20 percent of sexually active teen girls have turned to the morning-after pill after the emergency contraceptive became readily available without a prescription.
iSperm Turns Your iPad into a Home Fertility Test for Men
Taiwanese start-up Aidmics is hoping to cash in on the $US40 billion global human fertility market with an iPad-compatible gadget it calls iSperm.
Denver’s Only Kaiser Permanente Fertility Clinic Closes
Skyline Medical infertility clinic’s closure disrupts care for several hundred patients
Gene Editing Boosts the Efficiency of Sperm Replacement Cells
Using gene editing technology, researchers have overcome imprinting errors to improve the birth rate from fertilization with sperm replacement cells ten times.
Stem Cells Could Treat Mitochondrial Disease
Researchers generated human stem cells in the lab, repaired common mitochondrial defects, and reported they were able to rescue cell function.
Oldest fossilised animal sperm discovered in Antarctica
The oldest known animal sperm fossil has been discovered in a 50-million-year-old cocoon from Antarctica.
Is This Old-Fashioned Birth Control Actually Making a Comeback?
A Virginia-based women’s health company hopes to reinvigorate interest in an old form of birth control with Caya, the first one-size-fits-most diaphragm.
Divorced Couple’s Embryo Feud Could Affect How Fertility Clinics Do Business
A divorced couple’s battle for control over their frozen embryos could affect how fertility clinics approach freezing embryos, experts said of the precedents the case may set.
Sydney Wife Wins Right to Collect Dying Husband’s Sperm but Ordered Not to Use It
Da Yong​ Chen, a 45-year-old father of one, experienced severe chest pain on the morning of July 6. Doctors at Sydney’s Royal Prince Alfred Hospital found that a major blood vessel had ruptured and ordered he undergo emergency surgery. His condition was considered acute and life-threatening. Just before he was put under a general anaesthetic, he told his wife Ping Yuan he “wanted to have one more child with her”.