IVF News & Jobs

20 May 2019 by Sarah Gregory

New research has shown that men who start a family later in life are more likely to experience fertility problems and can increase the risk of health issues in their children.

17 May 2019 by Chennai Fertility Center and Research Institute

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17 May 2019 by Fertility Society of India

"International conference on Infertility, Clinical Embryology and Endoscopy (ICE 2019)" 2nd – 4th August 2019 at ITC Grand Chola, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. 100% Hands-on training in PGD & PGS Oocyte Retrieval and Embryo Transfer Laparoscopy Hysteroscopy Vitrification

15 May 2019 by Antony Starza-Allen

Italy's highest court has ruled that the non-biological father of two children born through surrogacy overseas cannot be named as the children's legal parent.

15 May 2019 by Suzi Denton

Indiana has become the first US state to pass legislation making it a criminal offence for fertility doctors to use their own sperm in treatment without their patients' prior knowledge and consent.

15 May 2019 by Louise Johnson

It has been over two years since world-first changes to donor conception laws were implemented in Victoria, Australia, allowing all donor-conceived people to learn their sperm or egg donor's identity. What have we learnt about the things people want, don't want, or are prepared to try in relation to donor linking communication and connection?

07 May 2019 by Jakki Magowan

A gene that plays a key role in causing polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) has been discovered, and could lead to better disease prediction and treatment.

07 May 2019 by Catherine Heffner

A small study by researchers in Japan has indicated that exposure to WiFi may have detrimental effects on sperm function.

07 May 2019 by Suzi Denton

An appeal court in Cleveland, Ohio, has ruled that a couple's embryos lost in a freezer-failure incident last year were not 'living persons', and should not therefore have been treated as patients rather than property.

29 April 2019 by BioNews

This film documents the Progress Educational Trust/Scottish Government event '40 Years of IVF: Past, Present and Future'. The event marked the 40th birthday of the world's second ever IVF baby (and first IVF boy), Alastair MacDonald. Alastair and his mother, Grace MacDonald, looked back on the circumstances of Alastair's conception, birth and childhood.