During the last three decades, technology has developed to allow an embryo to be screened during in-vitro fertilization for the presence of a defective gene that poses a risk for future disease. A ...

This month marks 40 years since the birth of the first baby conceived through in vitro fertilization, Louise Joy Brown. Since then, more than eight million babies have been born using the technique.

In August 2020, the first American child was born after using a new kind of genetic test in hopes of reducing the risk of heart disease. In vitro fertilization offered her father, a physician, the ...

Before transferring the eggs, we make a little scratch in the shell around the embryo, and we let the part of the embryo destined to become the soma sort of buckle out, and then we take some of those ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . As a child, Sigal Klipstein, MD, would visit the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago with her parents and ...

“Predictive indicators for whether a child will be vulnerable to certain diseases after birth, as well as their future height, skin tone, and other traits, are becoming increasingly sophisticated.

The genetic screening of fertilized eggs for embryo selection in assisted reproduction makes no difference to live birth rates, according to results from the largest published study of its kind.

Wealthy British couples are paying tens of thousands of dollars to overseas firms to rank their IVF embryos for predicted ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study provides "reassuring" evidence that babies born from in vitro fertilization with preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) -- in which a cell or two are removed ...

More IVF cycles include embryo genetic testing, but little is known about patients' feelings following testing 'Older women know their time is limited' The most common reason for miscarriage is a ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- A new advance could improve the chances of having a baby through in vitro fertilization. It involves testing embryos and implanting those that are considered at least partially ...