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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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Annual Meeting IVF

Details of major advance in in vitro growth and maturation of oocytes are presented at ESHRE’s annual meeting....

Written by Fiona MacRae

14 Jul, 2026

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Written by Fiona MacRae

Annual Meeting ART
Meta-analysis of tens of millions of children concludes that those born through ART are more likely to have heart defects – but extra screening is not merited....

14 Jul, 2026

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Written by Fiona MacRae

Annual Meeting Global and Socio-Cultural Aspects of Infertility Miscarriage
Persistent socio-economic inequalities in pregnancy outcomes flagged up by quantitative population-level research. Women in the most deprived areas are more than twice as likely to be admitted as those in the least deprived parts of the country....

14 Jul, 2026

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Annual Meeting

Good practice recommendations on expanded carrier screening in ART are set to be published later this year. Dr Antonio Capalbo, from the University of Chieti-Pescara, in Italy, shares the key messages with Sophie Goodchild, from improving gene panel standardisation to ...

Interview with Prof. Antonio Capalbo

20 Jul, 2026

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Interview with Dr. Cristina Hickman

Annual Meeting
Dr Cristina Hickman, of Avenues.life, speaks to Fiona MacRae about the benefits of AI, the risks, the hype and what the future holds – including whether the technology will replace embryologists....

20 Jul, 2026

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Interview with Dr Michael Eisenberg

Annual Meeting
As more men delay fatherhood, Dr Michael Eisenberg, of Stanford University, talks to Fiona MacRae about the effect of age on semen quality and mutational load of sperm. He also discusses the health and social risks to the children, from embarrassment to early death....

20 Jul, 2026

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Interview with Dr. Bryan Woodward

Annual Meeting
Burnout is common among healthcare professionals – and embryologists in particular. Dr Bryan Woodward, of X&Y Fertility in Leicester, talks to Fiona MacRae about why this, how to reduce stress and the importance of mentoring. ...

20 Jul, 2026

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Nursing and Midwifery

In this episode of the SIG Podcast series, Attilio Anastasi and Sara Ribeiro, from the ESHRE Journal Club editorial team, interview the authors of paper under discussion Sara Somers, Hilde Cotton and Eline Dancet and the junior deputy of the Special Interest Group Nurs...

18 Jun, 2026

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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

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