
Two Swedish women could be able to give birth using the wombs in which they were carried, doctors say, hailing the world’s first mother-to-daughter uterus transplants. The weekend procedures were completed by more than 10 surgeons at Sweden’s University of Gothenburg. The names of the patients have not been revealed. Doctors caution they will not [...]
Sep 19 2012 | Posted in
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A new Australian study has found that fertility treatment used to help infertile men become fathers can raise the risk of birth defects in babies. Research on more than 300,000 babies found those born using Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) had a significantly higher risk of developing abnormalities than those conceived naturally. Researchers linked a census [...]

US scientists have made a breakthrough discovery finding stem cells in human ovaries from which it may one day be possible to produce an “unlimited” supply of eggs. The discovery could revolutionize fertility treatment, according to experts. Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital were able to isolate the cells in a laboratory where they “spontaneously generated” [...]

5-year-old Reuben Blake and his seven-week-old sister Floren from UK are twins that arrive five years apart. Both children were born from the same batch of embryos created during their parents’ IVF treatment. While Reuben was successfully implanted in 2006, Floren was kept on ice until 2011. Now their parents, Jody and Simon Blake, delight [...]