New research suggests that while babies conceived via IVF experience changes to their genes, these differences disappear by adulthood.
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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.
A recent ruling in an Ontario court fails to consider law governing the use of embryos.
Why some women choose to freeze their eggs.
For women and men not ready to have children, there are new ways to preserve fertility. And experimental techniques offer hope for sick children whose treatments jeopardize future childbearing.
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An audio version of a long read article on the history of infertility, 40 years after the first baby was born via IVF.
The debate about the pros and cons of genetically screening embryos is deeply entrenched. Perhaps we should let couples decide.
Scientists have created embryos from the eggs of southern white rhino and sperm from their northern counterparts.
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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Global and Women's Health, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Dean and Professor, Law School, La Trobe University
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Emeritus Professor of Reproductive and Periconceptual Medicine, The Robinson Research Institute, Adelaide University
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