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Single thawed embryo transfer after PGD does not affect pregnancy rates

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created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Transferring just one embryo at a time to a woman's womb after embryos have undergone preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and freezing at the blastocyst stage has become a real option after researchers achieved pregnancy ...


Single embryo implants work better: study

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created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Implanting single embryos into the wombs of women seeking to boost fertility is more effective and less costly than placing two embryos at a time, a pair of studies released Wednesday found.





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A 'lab on a chip' to improve success of in vitro fertilization

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created Sep 01, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

In a finding that could boost the success rate of in vitro fertilization (IVF), researchers report development of a tiny "lab on a chip" to evaluate the fitness of embryos harvested for transfer. A report ...


3 IVF attempts double chances

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created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Just one in three women gives birth after a single IVF attempt, but the cumulative chance of a live birth increases with each cycle - where women are offered three cycles nearly two thirds go on to have babies, reveals a ...


Identifying the Metabolism of a Healthy Embryo Could Improve Infertility Treatment

Identifying the Metabolism of a Healthy Embryo Could Improve Infertility Treatment

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created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Embryos that are most likely to result in a pregnancy are crucial to the success of in vitro fertilization (IVF) but are difficult to identify. Researchers at Yale School of Medicine, led ...


In-vitro fertilization improved with 3-D/4-D-guided embryo transfer and new placement target

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created Oct 16, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The pregnancy rate for patients undergoing in-vitro fertilization (IVF) is improved when doctors use advanced 3D/4D imaging to guide the placement of embryos to the point where the endometrium is most receptive to implantation, ...


Secrets in a seed: Clues into the evolution of the first flowers

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Approximately 120-130 million years ago, one of the most significant events in the history of the Earth occurred: the first flowering plants, or angiosperms, arose. In the late 1800s, Darwin referred to their development ...


Cloner proposes genetic altering

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created Jun 05, 2006 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A British scientist who helped produce the world's first cloned mammal proposes creating cloned babies genetically altered to prevent hereditary disease.


A mathematical method helps to select human embryos

A mathematical method helps to select human embryos

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created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A team of researchers from the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU) have developed a mathematical classification which makes it possible to select human embryos for use in assisted reproduction treatments. ...


Size of a woman's uterus can predict whether she is at risk of having very premature twins after IVF

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created Jul 09, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Using ultrasound to measure the height of a woman's uterus is a good way to predict whether or not she is at risk of having babies born prematurely if she becomes pregnant with twins after IVF, according to new research presented ...


Children born from frozen embryos weigh more and do better than those born after fresh transfer

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created Jul 08, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Barcelona, Spain: Children born after a frozen, thawed embryo has been replaced in the womb have higher birth weight than those born where fresh embryos were used, Danish scientists reported to the 24th annual conference ...


New treatment could double pregnancy rates

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created Apr 15, 2008 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Pregnancy rates could be doubled for couples undertaking fertility treatment, thanks to a revolutionary project being trialled by the University of Adelaide.



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