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Written by Sophie Goodchild

No significant differences found in rates of embryos suitable for transfer and live birth rates between conventional IVF and ICSI in non-male factor cycles undergoing PGT-A....

5 Feb, 2024

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Infertility Reproductive epidemiology

A systemic analysis of infertility prevalence across over 200 countries reveals that 165 million men and women were affected in 2021 with the trend predicted to rise further. ...

Written by Sophie Goodchild

6 Mar, 2025

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Written by Fiona MacRae

Embryology Pluripotent stem cells Science
Human embryo transcriptomes have been combined to create a comprehensive reference dataset and develop a user-friendly tool for the validation of ‘synthetic’ embryos....

30 Jan, 2025

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Written by George Liperis

PGT-A Trophectoderm biopsy Vitrification
A recent systematic review and meta-analysis suggests that double biopsy and double vitrification as well as single biopsy and double vitrification have a negative effect after euploid blastocyst transfers including on pregnancy and live birth rates...

16 Jan, 2025

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Written by Paola Vigano’ and Alessio Paffoni

Embryo transfer
The Dutch multicenter randomised "Three or Five" (ToF) trial found that while transferring blastocyst on day 5 leads to higher live birth rates in fresh transfers and lower pregnancy loss rates than cleavage-stage transfers, cumulative live birth rates were similar, an...

3 Dec, 2024

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Annual Meeting Science

Interview with Heidi Mertes

5 Aug, 2024

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Interview with Rod Mitchell

Annual Meeting Science
More than 3,000 boys around the world have had testicular tissue cryopreserved to protect their fertility.  Professor Rod Mitchell, of the University of Edinburgh, spoke to Fiona MacRae about how close we are to using that tissue to allow them to father ...

5 Aug, 2024

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Interview with Agnès Arbat

Annual Meeting Science
Dr Agnès Arbat, of Oxolife, a biotech that has developed an oral non-hormonal drug to increase implantation rates, talks through the phase 2 results.  She tells Fiona MacRae that the compound, which acts directly on the endometrium, may also help treat i...

5 Aug, 2024

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Interview with Madelon van Wely

Annual Meeting Science
Cochrane reviews are regarded as a gold standard in evidence-based healthcare. But how do Cochrane’s editors identify problematic studies, what are the challenges in identifying the best evidence, and how can automation such as AI help? These questions a...

5 Aug, 2024

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IVF

How can fertility clinics give patients the best chance of children? Dr Sara Veleva from the University of Helsinki talks to Sophie Goodchild from Focus on Reproduction about ESHRE's guidelines on single and double embryo transfer, how to inform women about the risks f...

Interview with Zdravka Veleva

10 Dec, 2024

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Interview with Sharmila Rudrappa

ESHRE Workshop Science
Sharmila Rudrappa outlines her research on the socio-cultural aspects of uterine transplants to Sophie Goodchild at a Campus meeting in April on improving fertility. The cost to patients, concerns over exploitation of donors, and differences in how docto...

23 May, 2024

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Interview with Dr Aleksej Stevanovic

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During a Campus meeting in March on environmental quality in the lab, Aleksej Stevanovic gave a presentation on temperature control. Here Dr Stevanovic, junior deputy coordinator SIG Safety and Quality in IVF, talks to Sophie Goodchild from Focus on Reproduction includ...

21 Mar, 2024

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Interview with Professor Maria José De los Santos Molina

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Vitrification has been a game-changer in fertility preservation. However, there is still room for improvement with oocyte freezing. Professor Maria José De los Santos Molina, from IVIRMA Valencia, outlines methods to increase the survival rate including altering the la...

6 Dec, 2023

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