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Written by Sophie Goodchild

No significant differences found in rates of embryos suitable for transfer and live birth rates between conventional IVF and ICSI in non-male factor cycles undergoing PGT-A....

5 Feb, 2024

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BMI Infertility Obesity

Why too much fat will lower the chance to start a family: the negative impact of obesity on (spontaneous) reproduction....

Written by Christophe Blockeel and Elisabeth De Waele

24 Apr, 2025

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Written by Fiona MacRae

Fertility preservation Science
Prior chemotherapy at relatively low doses and across all ages should not prevent cancer patients from undergoing ovarian tissue cryopreservation, say authors of largest study to-date....

3 Apr, 2025

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Written by Fiona MacRae

Endometriosis
Two independent patient cohorts were used to develop diagnostic models and to develop and validate a panel of ten plasma protein biomarkers for endometriosis – with some promising results....

27 Mar, 2025

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Written by Sophie Goodchild

Embryology
New analysis shows that while common trends exist across commercial brands, there are distinct differences in composition which has implications for IVF outcomes ...

25 Mar, 2025

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Annual Meeting Science

Interview with Heidi Mertes

5 Aug, 2024

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Interview with Rod Mitchell

Annual Meeting Science
More than 3,000 boys around the world have had testicular tissue cryopreserved to protect their fertility.  Professor Rod Mitchell, of the University of Edinburgh, spoke to Fiona MacRae about how close we are to using that tissue to allow them to father ...

5 Aug, 2024

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Interview with Agnès Arbat

Annual Meeting Science
Dr Agnès Arbat, of Oxolife, a biotech that has developed an oral non-hormonal drug to increase implantation rates, talks through the phase 2 results.  She tells Fiona MacRae that the compound, which acts directly on the endometrium, may also help treat i...

5 Aug, 2024

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Interview with Madelon van Wely

Annual Meeting Science
Cochrane reviews are regarded as a gold standard in evidence-based healthcare. But how do Cochrane’s editors identify problematic studies, what are the challenges in identifying the best evidence, and how can automation such as AI help? These questions a...

5 Aug, 2024

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Best of ASRM & ESHRE 2025

Interview with Shai Carmi

15 Mar, 2025

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Interview with Zdravka Veleva

IVF
How can fertility clinics give patients the best chance of children? Dr Sara Veleva from the University of Helsinki talks to Sophie Goodchild from Focus on Reproduction about ESHRE's guidelines on single and double embryo transfer, how to inform women about the risks f...

10 Dec, 2024

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Interview with Sharmila Rudrappa

ESHRE Workshop Science
Sharmila Rudrappa outlines her research on the socio-cultural aspects of uterine transplants to Sophie Goodchild at a Campus meeting in April on improving fertility. The cost to patients, concerns over exploitation of donors, and differences in how docto...

23 May, 2024

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Interview with Dr Aleksej Stevanovic

Science
During a Campus meeting in March on environmental quality in the lab, Aleksej Stevanovic gave a presentation on temperature control. Here Dr Stevanovic, junior deputy coordinator SIG Safety and Quality in IVF, talks to Sophie Goodchild from Focus on Reproduction includ...

21 Mar, 2024

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