Wednesday, September 8, 2010

NHS buys porn for sperm donors

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The hard-up NHS is blowing taxpayers' cash on porn for sperm donors, a report reveals today. A health think-tank discovered one in three...
Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Blood disorder cured – a first for gene therapy

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A 21-YEAR-OLD Frenchman is the first person in the world to be cured of the blood disorder beta-thalassaemia through gene therapy. But there...
Monday, September 6, 2010

Doctor sued over allegedly mixing up sperm samples

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An Ottawa fertility doctor is being sued for allegedly mixing up sperm samples and inseminating the wrong one into two of his patients. Trud...
Sunday, September 5, 2010

Hull IVF unit innovation is to be rolled out across UK

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Technology used in fertility treatment which has been adopted by Hull's IVF unit is being rolled out across the rest of the UK. The unit...
Saturday, September 4, 2010

Chemical patterns on DNA mark out obesity genes

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Your genes play a big part in determining your body shape, but that role may not have been set in stone when your parents' egg and sperm...
Friday, September 3, 2010

Is spring the secret of success for struggling IVF couples?

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In the animal kingdom, spring is the mating season. Now scientists claim the same is true for humans. They have discovered that couples tryi...
Thursday, September 2, 2010

Hormone melatonin improves egg quality in IVF

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Women with poor egg (or oocyte) quality could double their chance of becoming pregnant through IVF if given melatonin, researchers have foun...