Understanding proteins involved in fertility could help boost IVF success
Women who have difficulty getting pregnant often turn to in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), but it doesn’t always work. Now scientists are taking a new approach to improve the technique by studying the proteins that could...
Getting to the point of parenting
Why do people really have kids?
While most parents might think they know the answer, research suggests this age-old question, in fact, remains mostly unanswered.
In response, and as ABS statistics indicate the number of children born in...
Impact of obesity on fertility can be reversed
In a breakthrough discovery, researchers at the University of Adelaide have revealed how damage from obesity is passed from a mother to her children, and also how that damage can be reversed.
The findings, by...
Possible cause of IVF failure in some women identified
New research from The University of Manchester has demonstrated a previously unexplored biological process, which can lead to the failure of embryos to attach to the uterine wall during in vitro fertilisation (IVF).
IVF only...
Effect of Thyroid Disorders on Reproductive Health
Thyroid disease can have significant effects on a woman’s reproductive health and screening for women presenting with fertility problems and recurrent early pregnancy loss should be considered.
A recently published study examines evidence about effect...
Online registry will help cancer patients preserve their fertility
In a world-first, the Randwick Hospitals Campus and UNSW Australia have launched an online registry that will capture a cancer patient’s journey from diagnosis through to survivorship, and which can be used to help...
Parents of children born to commercial surrogates risk not being the legal parents
Australians who pay an overseas surrogate mother risk not being deemed the legal parents of the child under Australian law, even if commercial surrogacy is legal in a country where the child is born,...
Women’s fertility linked to detox element in diet
University of Adelaide research has for the first time shown how much of a critical role the natural antioxidant selenium plays at the earliest stages of a woman's fertility.
The discovery has been made in...
Women's fertility linked to detox element in diet
University of Adelaide research has for the first time shown how much of a critical role the natural antioxidant selenium plays at the earliest stages of a woman's fertility.
The discovery has been made in...
Australia and New Zealand world leaders in safe IVF
New Zealand and Australia are world leaders when it comes to safe IVF practice thanks to their focus on single-embryo transfer, according to the Assisted Reproductive Technology in Australia and New Zealand 2012 report released today...
