Women aged over 35 are sometimes offered genetic testing of their IVF embryos to rule out abnormalities. But it's expensive and doesn't increase their chance of a baby. In fact, it could reduce it.
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It's now possible to choose embryos for IVF based on the likelihood they will have certain traits.
Should Australia allow the creation of babies with DNA from more than two people? This reproductive technology could prevent babies being born with mitochondrial disease, so the simple answer is yes.
Miscarriages are more common than many people realise and can be devastating. Here's what we know about why they happen, what we can do to treat the causes, and what we could do better.
The story of how human eggs became an integral part of a multi-billion dollar global fertility industry starts in a unlikely place: the sex lives of farm animals.
Avalanche: A Love Story, is a play based on the author's memoir detailing the anguish of her six unsuccessful attempts at IVF. It depicts doctors who prey upon an ageing woman’s despair and the stigma attached to 'failed' mothers.
New research suggests that while babies conceived via IVF experience changes to their genes, these differences disappear by adulthood.
Don't get too excited about the prospect of freezing ovarian tissue to postpone menopause. The costs, risks and unknowns are likely to outweigh the potential benefits.
When can a donor be a legal parent? The latest High Court ruling doesn't make it clear how much involvement a donor needs to have.
The High Court has decided that a man who donated sperm to a friend is considered a legal parent – a ruling that could have a chilling effect on similar artificial insemination arrangements.
It can be difficult to understand all the 'add-on' procedures available with IVF. A new study finds one popular fertility technology, ICSI, is being offered to couples it might not be suitable for.
New research can for the first time tell us what happens when women wish to go back to the clinic to use their frozen eggs.
Children with cancer not only endure chemotherapy or radiation treatment but they may also face infertility in adulthood. Now a new procedure, just proven in monkeys, may be close to use in humans.
Our new research has discovered what gives human sperm the strength to succeed in the race to fertilise the egg – and it's all to do with their tails.
If you're one of the one in six Australian couples experiencing infertility, you've probably thought about IVF. Here's a step by step breakdown of how it all works.
Who is a child's legal parent? The question is at the heart of a case due before the High Court this year. It may have implications for children born via IVF or surrogacy, and the people who raise them.
To announce the world's first gene-edited babies, scientist He Jiankui did what movie directors do: release a trailer on YouTube. The video is a positive spin on unauthorized gene editing.
We don't know anything about the health of the baby girls who are reported to have been born. But it's clear scientists around the world are shocked.
There are many things to consider when choosing when to have a child.
Sperm donation websites are the Ubers and Airbnbs of the fertility world. But why are they so popular? New research explains the reasons why some men donate.
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Senior Research Fellow, Global and Women's Health, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Professor, Law School, La Trobe University
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Monash University
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Professor and Group Leader, Reproductive Epidemiology, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Ecologist, Edinburgh Napier University
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Senior Lecturer, De Montfort University
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Senior Research Fellow, Bioethics, University of Sydney
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Professor of Reproductive and Periconceptual Medicine, The Robinson Institute, University of Adelaide
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Professor, Lifecourse and Intergenerational Health Research Group, University of Adelaide
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