A 19-year-old man in the United Kingdom has become the first patient in the country to have his own testicular tissue—which had been frozen prior to his chemotherapy—reimplanted. Doctors hope ...
When a pregnancy repeatedly fails to occur despite the desire to have a child, attention often turns first to the eggs or the quality of the embryos. Especially in fertility treatment, there is a ...
In fertility treatment, embryos can now be genetically tested even before transfer. Until now, however, this has required the removal of cells from the embryo. A new method aims to eliminate this ...
A fertility treatment involving a significantly lower number of hormone injections could be of interest to some women in the future. A new randomized study examined a so-called “two-shot” prot...
In Greece, a baby was born whose embryo had been frozen for more than 22 years. This extraordinary case raises an interesting medical question: How long can a human embryo remain frozen without lo...
As we age, many things change in the body—and egg cells are no exception. While a woman may still appear healthy and young on the outside, the quality of her egg cells begins to decline years earlie...
Endometriosis can make it difficult to conceive—but it appears that the location of the endometriosis within the body also plays a role. A recent study shows that different forms of the disease do n...
When it comes to infertility, attention often turns first to the woman. Tests focus, for example, on the egg reserve, ovulation, the uterus, or hormone levels. But the male partner also plays a crucia...