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News items on 'In Vitro Fertilization'
(The Scotsman 17/11/2009)
COUPLES undergoing IVF might face higher bills after European regulators said they should be screened for diseases between each treatment cycle. British doctors said it was unlikely new cases of infections such as HIV and syphilis would be picked up through screening couples between cycles rather than just at the start of their course of fertility treatment. The move could mean couples needing to be tested every one or two months.
'Three parent babies' take a step closer to reality
(Telegraph 11/11/2009)
Scientists are a step closer to producing a controversial "three parent baby" after they successfully fertilised an egg with two biological mothers. Researchers used eggs from young donors to repair damaged eggs of older women in order to increase their chances of fertilisation. They have not yet used the eggs to produce babies, but they have injected them with sperm to produce an early stage embryo in the laboratory.
IVF couples warned over drinking
(BBC 21/10/2009)
through IVF could be significantly harming their chances if they share the equivalent of a bottle of wine a week, experts warn. If both partners drink six units a week - equivalent to half a bottle of wine each - their chance of a live birth is cut by a quarter, a study suggests. Doctors said couples may want to "play it safe" and not drink at all to maximise their chances of IVF success.
Action call on IVF waiting times
(BBC 20/10/2009)
Jackie Baillie MSP contacted every Scottish NHS board after a constituent approached her about the length of IVF waiting times in her area. She said the responses showed a wide disparity in waiting times across the country. Public Health Minister Shona Robison said the government was working to make access as fair as possible. Ms Baillie said she found that the longest average waiting times were in NHS Lothian, where patients have to wait three years for treatment.
What does the new IVF test mean for you?
(Mirror 20/10/2009)
A revolutionary test could double the chances of having an IVF baby and save couples thousands. Here's what you need to know. Thousands of couples go through the emotionally draining process of IVF. The news of a technique that showed a 66% success rate could reduce the trauma for many of them. In the US, the first babies have been born using a pioneering IVF technique that more than doubles a woman's chances of conceiving by screening embryos for genetic defects.
Egg screening boosts IVF success
(BBC 19/10/2009)
A screening technique can double the chance of IVF success, giving hope to tens of thousands of women struggling to have children, say experts. Doctors at an annual US fertility meeting heard for the second year running of the merits of a test that screens embryos for genetic faults. So far more than 20 babies have been born using the technique. The UK researchers say they are now able to back the method with "great confidence".
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US embryo mix-up woman gives birth
(BBC 26/09/2009)
A US woman who was implanted with the wrong embryo in a fertility treatment mix-up has given birth to a boy. Carolyn Savage and her husband Sean said in a statement that the baby was delivered at St Vincent Mercy Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio. Mrs Savage, who had been told about the mix-up in February, said the family was "going through a very difficult time". The Savages have decided to give the baby to his biological parents, Shannon and Paul Morell from Michigan.
IVF mother's anguish after wrong embryo implanted
(The Scotsman 23/09/2009)
CAROLYN Savage should have been elated to find she was pregnant, after three miscarriages and years of in-vitro fertilisation, as she tried for a fourth child to complete her family. But when she gives birth in a fortnight's time, it will not be a joyous occasion for her or husband Sean, after doctors admitted, two months into her pregnancy, they had implanted someone else's embryo. "The hardest part is going to be the delivery," said Mrs Savage, 40, who has met the other couple.
Embryo mix-ups
(BBC 27/08/2009)
Fertilising eggs from the wrong sperm donor is a nightmare scenario for IVF clinics, which came to light in the case of a white woman in Leeds who found herself giving birth to black twins in 2002. But The Report's Nadene Ghouri has since found a routine neglect of safeguards to prevent such mix-ups at a major London hospital led one embryologist to turn whistle-blower.
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