The U.S. biotech company Nucleus Genomics has announced new in vitro fertilization (IVF) software that allows couples to choose which of up to 20 embryos to implant into the woman’s uterus by looking ...

In vitro fertilisation, computer artwork. In vitro fertilization (IVF), widely known as a way to help infertile couples have babies, has taken on another remarkable use: It has become part of a ...

Approximately 1 in 6 individuals or couples face difficulties conceiving naturally, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO)'s statistics. On the other hand, assisted fertility cycles with the ...

A new tool allows parents undergoing in vitro fertilization to screen their embryos for health issues, but is it ethical? Genetic disease is believed to be linked to 41 percent of U.S. infants' deaths ...

Couples undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) are presented with a dizzying number of choices as they navigate the process — from selecting a retrieval method to selecting the sex of their fetus.

Genetic screening technology now allows parents employing in vitro fertilization (IVF) to select for certain traits, allowing them to avoid passing on diseases or undesirable traits to their children.

Eight healthy babies have been born in the U.K. using a new IVF technique that successfully reduced their risk of inheriting genetic diseases from their mothers, the people behind a world-first trial ...

Maybe she’s born with it, maybe it’s … genetic optimization? Prospective parents using in vitro fertilization (IVF) will soon be able to select embryos based on their potential risk for diseases — ...

Share on Bluesky. Opens in a new tab or window Share on X. Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window Preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (PGT-A) during in ...

Performing genetic tests on embryos created using IVF could help women over the age of 35 conceive faster, a study has found. The trial, by researchers from King’s College London, King’s College ...

Cock Van Oosterhout receives funding from the Earth and Life Systems Alliance (ELSA), Norwich Research Park, UK. Daniel Marcu receives funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research ...

A Long Island nurse is sharing a message of action in the face of a frightening genetic finding. She learned she was positive for the BRCA mutation, which increases the risk of cancers, but she took ...