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Miracle baby born thanks to IVF development
By Laura Nelson on 02/02/2011 18:01:17
After trying 10 years for a baby, couple become the first in the UK to give birth after using new IVF technique
Louise and Andrew Riley became the first couple outside of America to successfully give birth after trying a new IVF technique. Baby son Elliott was born in December thanks to a new type of genetic testing included in the IVF process.After a decade
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Embryo DNA swap could stop many genetic diseases
By Tessa Watkins on 15/04/2010 14:42:25
Embryos containing DNA from a man and two women have been created
Some inherited diseases could be halted using a new fertility technique that swaps DNA between eggs. The embryos, containing DNA from one man and two women, have been produced by scientists in a project that could lead to the first genetically
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Infertility breakthroughs update
By Clio FitzHerbert on 03/02/2010 11:07:52
We investigate the latest scientific discoveries that could help infertility
Revolutionary breakthrough for male infertilityBritish scientists have made a breakthrough that could help find a cure for male infertility and allow couples to have babies that are genetically their own. For the first time they’ve been able
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Your uterus could be more important than your eggs for IVF
By Kimberley Smith on 22/02/2011 13:43:23
Egg quality may not be the biggest battle when it comes to having a healthy IVF pregnancy, according to new research
to have better outcomes.Researchers have admitted they don’t fully understand what goes on in a woman’s uterus as her baby grows. More research is planned.Are you considering IVF? Find out your options for assisted fertility and what you can do to get your
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IVF quadruplets born three years apart
By Clio FitzHerbert on 05/03/2010 13:13:52
Frozen embryos see Lincolnshire mum give birth to quadruplets with a 3 year age gap
A mum from Lincolnshire has given birth to triplets, two years after having a daughter conceived from the same set of eggs, making them quadruplets.Helen Baxter, 41, gave birth to her first daughter, Alice, now aged 3, after successful IVF
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Dad to 4 million gets Nobel Prize
By Matt Fricker on 05/10/2010 13:08:44
British IVF pioneer Professor Robert Edwards, has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his life-changing fertility work
Brown, the world’s first test-tube baby in 1978. Since then, more than 4 million babies have been born thanks to IVF treatment.The scientists also led early discoveries about stem sells and cloning."Its fantastic news, me and mum are so glad that one
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IVF news update
By Clio FitzHerbert on 03/02/2010 11:30:41
We take a look at the most important new breakthroughs in IVF treatment
specialists, is a three-month scheme that helps would-be mums overcome common blocks to pregnancy. Dr David, who was involved with the first successful IVF procedure decades ago and co-wrote the book, believes that couples are encouraged to seek IVF treatment
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Could IVF affect your child's future health?
By Susie Boone on 25/02/2010 14:09:25
Stories in the media this week have been warning about the 'IVF timebomb', but what's the real truth?
Concern for the future health of IVF babies and about the overuse of ISCI, a fertility treatment that uses potentially poor quality sperm, has been heard at an American conference this week.This has led to newspaper headlines warning of an IVF
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