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Annual Meeting

Written by Sophie Goodchild

AI now being incorporated ‘at all stages’ of fertility treatment and IVF

A session on artificial intelligence (AI) highlighted how the technology is gradually changing approaches to reproductive care and optimising outcomes but validation is crucial. ...

8 Jul, 2025

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Embryology Stem Cells

A group of international experts recommend the way forward for research, technological development and regulation in this emerging area of science ...

Written by Sophie Goodchild

30 Apr, 2026

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Written by Fiona MacRae

Cohort study of more than 10,000 adult sons and daughters finds no strong evidence that prenatal exposure to parental smoking increases risk of clinically recognised infertility. Nevertheless, current advice on tobacco cessation is still supported....

23 Apr, 2026

4 min read

Written by Sophie Goodchild

Cancer IVF
A retrospective cohort study conducted in the US provides reassuring evidence that the odds of adverse birth outcomes are no greater among women who have IVF before or after cancer treatment than for those without cancer who undergo IVF....

2 Apr, 2026

5 min read

Written by Zoya Enakshi Ali

Endometriosis
Endometriosis affects approximately 190 million women and people assigned female at birth worldwide, yet its causes remain incompletely understood and its diagnosis persistently delayed. While research into dietary and lifestyle factors in endometriosis risk is growing...

24 Mar, 2026

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Annual Meeting Executive Committee

Professor Dr Anis Feki was elected as ESHRE’s new chairperson at the society’s annual meeting in Paris. Sophie Goodchild interviews him about his career as a surgeon, the life lessons he’s learned, and his vision for ESHRE during his term in office....

Interview with Prof Dr Anis Feki

16 Jul, 2025

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Interview with Dr Hélène Malmanche

Annual Meeting DNA Policy and Advocacy
Donor-conceived children are using direct-to-consumer DNA tests to trace their donors – and their siblings. Dr Hélène Malmanche, of INED, Paris, spoke to Fiona MacRae about the consequences for those who do the tests and the potential implications for policy. ...

16 Jul, 2025

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Interview with Dr Lennie van Hanegem

Annual Meeting Endometriosis
Endometriosis takes about five years longer to diagnose in adolescents and young adults. Dr Lennie van Hanegem, of UMC Utrecht in the Netherlands, tells Fiona MacRae why this is, what the potential consequences are and what the ESHRE guidelines say about diagnosis and...

16 Jul, 2025

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Interview with Vegard Lunde

Annual Meeting Infertility
Vegard Lunde, from Oslo, talks to Fiona MacRae about how it felt to be diagnosed with azoospermia, what it was like to watch his wife go through IVF (with donor sperm) and what clinics can do better. He also gives his top tips for other men who are in the same situati...

16 Jul, 2025

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Implantation and Early Pregnancy

Interviewed: Pavan Gill, Baris Ata...

11 Jun, 2026

38 min listen

Interview with Fiona MacRae with Sara Veleva

Campus Workshop
A hands-on campus workshop in Sofia gave participants from 19 countries the rare opportunity to learn about ultrasound in ART. Dr Sara Veleva, of the University of Helsinki, tells Fiona MacRae about the technical aspects that were covered, the special relationship betw...

9 Jun, 2026

14 min listen

Reproductive Surgery
This podcast was hosted by Dr. Üzeyir Kalkan from the Special Interest Group of Reproductive Surgery of ESHRE and by Dr. Dimitrios Kalaitzopoulos from the ESHRE Journal Club. Their guest is Dr. Isabelle Streuli from University Hospital of Geneva in Switzerland. The top...

4 Jun, 2026

25 min listen

Endometriosis
In this episode of the SIG Podcast series, the invited group is the SIG Endometriosis and Endometrial Disorders. Here, we discuss the paper “Proposal for targeted, neo-evolutionary-oriented, secondary prevention of early-onset endometriosis and adenomyosis. Part I: pat...

28 May, 2026

25 min listen

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