The first baby born through in vitro fertilisation (IVF) was Louise Brown in 1978, when the term “test tube baby” was coined. Today one in seven couples may have difficulty conceiving and the numbers ...

In IVF treatment, embryos are traditionally transferred in the uterus three days after fertilization. Due to improvements in laboratory techniques, this is now also possible after five days. It was ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Fertility centers are mandated to report the number of in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles they perform, but a new study suggests those data may give some practices ...

Rock-a-bye, embryo? Turns out, that may just be the key to successful in vitro fertilization. A new study shows that by gently rocking embryos while they grew during in vitro, scientists increased ...

Infertility impacts millions of people worldwide. One in six women will have difficulty having a baby. Many reasons, including age, health and other factors, can cause trouble conceiving. Many couples ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Changes in the thickness of the uterus lining or "endometrium" during in vitro fertilization predict the likelihood of pregnancy, according to a report in the journal ...

July 2, 2008 — Four factors (total number of embryos, number of 8-cell embryos, percentage of embryos that stopped dividing, and maternal follicle-stimulating hormone [FSH]), when combined, were 70% ...

Heidi Collins Fantasia is an associate professor of nursing at University of Massachusetts, Lowell. Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade in June 2022 ended the federal right to abortion, legislative ...

(HealthDay News) — For men whose female partners are undergoing assisted reproductive technology (ART), specific meat intake is associated with fertilization rates, according to a study published ...

Two embryos split to create two sets of identical twin quadruplets. April 12, 2011— -- "Babies, babies, babies." That's how Miranda and Josh Crawford now describe a typical day after their two ...