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Women will now be better informed when it comes to deciding whether it’s worth undergoing another round of IVF.
Women have been getting their fallopian tubes flushed for 100 years to help them conceive. Studies show it works, all the better if you use an oil-based liquid.
The court found that parents have a strong interest in a “genetic affinity” with their children, one that can merit compensation if subverted.
A twins study shows that children born via IVF have similar epigenetic changes compared with those born naturally.
From today, more people conceived with donor sperm or eggs in Victoria will have the legal right to know details about their donor – even if the donation was made anonymously.
Stem-cell scientists have to work within many limitations placed on their research. One of these is the 14-day rule that outlaws research on pure human embryos over two weeks old.
Health benefits come with regular sexual contact with the same male partner before pregnancy commences.
Medical tourism for assisted reproductive technologies raises a host of legal and ethical questions.
Our recent audit of success rates provided on the websites of IVF clinics’ in Australia and New Zealand identified some common traps in the way these figures are presented.
While most people might think age only affects female fertility, there is growing evidence sperm quality decreases as men age.
In pregnancy, immune cells help the uterus tolerate and nurture the embryo despite it carrying foreign genes from the father. In most women, suppressing immunity will likely cause more harm than good.
Fertility treatment in older age might be tougher, but that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be done.
Researchers from Kyushu University, Japan, are the first to turn mice stem cells into mature eggs that can be fertilised.
Early studies suggest a process called advanced in-vitro maturation may be able to treat infertility without women needing to inject themselves with high doses of hormones for several weeks.
Why can we choose some things and not others?
Assisted reproductive technology is a highly profitable global industry, with fertility clinics increasingly being regarded as an attractive investment option.
Most women will have been made aware they have a ticking biological clock. But most probably don’t know it’s because women are born with a limited supply of eggs, and eventually they will run out.
Government support for infertility treatment is approximately A$240 million a year. The question of whether it’s worth it is a complex one.
Confronted with skyrocketing IVF costs at home, North American couples are packing their bags, making an overseas trip and returning home with a special souvenir.
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Karin Hammarberg adalah Sahabat The Conversation.Senior Research Fellow, Global and Women's Health, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Dean and Professor, Law School, La Trobe University
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Monash University
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Emeritus Professor of Reproductive and Periconceptual Medicine, The Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide
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Senior Lecturer, De Montfort University
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Lecturer in the School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University
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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
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Professor and Group Leader, Reproductive Epidemiology, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Associate Professor in Sociology, Swinburne University of Technology
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Visiting Professor in Biomedical Ethics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute; Distinguished Visiting Professor in Law, University of Melbourne; Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics, University of Oxford
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Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Macquarie University
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Professor of Bioethics, Macquarie University
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Professor, University of Adelaide
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Research Fellow in Biomedical Ethics, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Law, La Trobe University
