How long should you try to get pregnant before seeking medical help? An updated medical guideline provides new guidance for couples hoping to have a child. The most important factors are age, indi...
In artificial insemination, every stage of development counts. After an egg is fertilized, embryologists in the lab monitor how the resulting embryos develop. Modern incubators with built-in camer...
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...
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...
For many couples hoping to have children, assisted reproduction is a complex journey involving various treatment options. One of these is ICSI, which is now very commonly used in conjunction with IVF....