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Women who had their first baby as a result of fertility treatment have a one-in-three chance of conceiving their next child…
A new study of mice receiving chemotherapy could enable researchers to develop and test fertility-protecting drugs. Currently…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
One in four women who have been clinically diagnosed as infertile can still conceive without undergoing treatments, indicating…
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…
A new test for male infertility, measuring damaged DNA in individual sperm, has been developed at Queen’s University Belfast…
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…
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Karin Hammarberg is a Friend of The Conversation.Senior Research Fellow, Global and Women's Health, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Monash 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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Associate Professor in Paediatrics and Reproductive Health, University of Adelaide
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