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IVF is still an expensive, invasive process that can have significant side-effects. Nejron Photo/Shutterstock

August 23, 2016

Emerging infertility treatment could be a less invasive and cheaper alternative to IVF

Robert Gilchrist, UNSW ; Jeremy Thompson, University of Adelaide, and William Ledger, UNSW

Early studies suggest a process called advanced in-vitro maturation may be able to treat infertility without women needing to inject themselves with high doses of hormones for several weeks.

If infertility if defined as an inability to deliver a live baby after five years of trying, the global infertility rate hasn’t shifted much in the last 20 years. http://www.flickr.com/photos/daquellamanera/

December 18, 2012

Global study finds infertility rate stable

Sunanda Creagh, The Conversation

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…

A hormone known to be in camel semen, and now found in humans, may give infertile couples a reason to smile. Nick Taylor

October 9, 2012

Hormones in semen could lead to better infertility treatment

Jeremy Thompson, University of Adelaide

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…

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