Sunanda Creagh, The Conversation and Georgina Scambler, The Conversation
For the first time ever in Australia, a woman whose chemotherapy rendered her infertile has fallen pregnant using ovarian tissue taken from her body before her cancer treatment, a new study reports. Chemotherapy…
If infertility if defined as an inability to deliver a live baby after five years of trying, the global infertility rate hasn’t shifted much in the last 20 years.
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Infertility rates worldwide have remained relatively unchanged over the last 20 years, a new global study has found. The study, conducted by international researchers and led by the World Health Organisation…
Those who know the identity of their donor from a young age are less likely to experience psychological problems.
Ron Wiecki
University of Tasmania academic Meredith Nash recently argued on The Conversation that women who donate their eggs for fertility treatments should be financially compensated. It’s a risky and time-consuming…
A human egg being worked on in an IVF clinic.
Adrian Wiggins
Considerable public controversy exists around the question of access to in-vitro fertilisation treatment (IVF) for older women. Some support unlimited, publicly-funded access for all infertile women and…
A hormone known to be in camel semen, and now found in humans, may give infertile couples a reason to smile.
Nick Taylor
Many animals, including humans, have a regular ovulation cycle, where an egg or eggs (depending on which type of animal) are released from the ovary regardless of whether mating has taken place or not…
Most couples having trouble conceiving are sub-fertile (rather than sterile) and may conceive naturally.
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Most couples who seek reproductive assistance are sub-fertile, rather than sterile, and may conceive naturally. But for this to to be optimised, they need to accurately time intercourse on the fertile…
Young girls who are exposed to cigarette smoke could experience reduced fertility later in life, a three-year study has found. Researchers at the University of Newcastle found that three cigarette toxins…
Infertility plagues one in six Australian couples, and in approximately half of these cases the problem lies in poor semen quality. The discovery that a man has poor semen quality can be emotionally challenging…
Professor - Emerging Technologies (Stem Cells) at The University of Melbourne and Group Leader - Stem Cell Ethics & Policy at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The University of Melbourne