Scientists have formulated a system that uses ultrasound images to accurately work out the likelihood of an ovarian growth being cancerous. The team – from international institutions including Imperial College London and the University of Leuven – say the system could allow medics to classify a tumour as cancerous before surgery, and could potentially improve outcomes for patients. In
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New research findings from Lund University in Sweden show that a simple analysis of chromosomal breaks in sperms can facilitate choice of the most efficient treatment and, thereby, increase chances of successful assisted reproduction in involuntary childless couples. Sperm DNA Fragmentation Index (DFI) is a method for analysing semen quality that shows presence of chromosomal
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Move aimed at avoiding exploitation of Indian women for profit, but some call it discriminatory and fear potentially dangerous consequences. India’s government has said it would ban foreigners from using surrogate mothers in the country, a move likely to hit the booming commercial surrogacy industry. Ranks of childless foreign couples have flocked to the country
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PLANO – For three years, Kelley McKissack and her husband tried to have a baby. Three times, McKissack miscarried. The 28-year-old from Wylie talked with her fertility specialist about using a surrogate, but she had questions about potential legal issues. Then she asked her doctor, what about my mother? On Wednesday, 54-year-old Tracey Thompson, McKissack’s
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UK scientists have been given the go-ahead by the fertility regulator to genetically modify human embryos. It is the first time a country has considered the DNA-altering technique in embryos and approved it.The research will take place at the Francis Crick Institute in London and aims to provide a deeper understanding of the earliest moments
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Almost 25 years ago in the beginning of 90th 20 century 15-year old resident of the United States was diagnosed with oncological disease. Before the treatment teenager donate his sperm which was stored in liquid nitrogen 23 years and didn’t lost its properties. Despite that cryopreservation method used in reproductive medicine for the past several
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The question of “whether there is a pregnancy after cancer ‘no longer sounds like “Is there life on Mars”. Over the past couple of years, scientists have moved far in this direction. We have not yet learned how to prevent cancer, but we learn how to negotiate it. For example, chemotherapy use to be a
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22 of January 2014 was published the information about long term investigation of infertility in USA. The report was prepared by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention – one of the US divisions which had a name Infertility Service Use in the United States: Data From the National Survey of Family Growth, 1982–2010. The
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