Reproductive Medicine Archives

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(hat tip: Gizmodo)

The San Francisco Chronicle reports how the controversial fetal stem cell research might change IVF outcomes:

Now, scientists say the burgeoning interest in stem cell research is producing insights already circling back into IVF practice.

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ISRAEL21c reports:

While IVF treatments have advanced in effectiveness since being introduced, there has been little change over the past 20 years in the step that infertile couples take before turning to IVF – artificial insemination.

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Here is something new in male contraception to watch for. Shepherd Medical Company reports that “… the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded the company a $1.4 million USD grant to conduct human clinical trials on its proprietary Intra Vas Device (IVD)”:

The IVD, is a flexible, hollow, silicone plug that is inserted into the vas deferens tubes (in men) to block sperm transport. Preliminary studies in primates and humans have shown that the device has the potential to be as effective as vasectomy. The preliminary studies on primates have also supported that the device could be easily removed and sperm flow reestablished. Currently, trying to reverse a vasectomy is precarious and very expensive with pregnancy rates at only 50-60%.

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BBC News covers some of the latest developments in reproductive medicine:

Scientists have developed a machine to separate out healthy sperm from that which is damaged and unlikely to be of use in IVF.

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