The Eeva Test is now commercially available in the United States. This breakthrough technology, recently cleared by the FDA, is designed to help fertility clinics select the best embryos during in vitro fertilization (IVF) to aid in their effort to provide the best chance of a successful pregnancy.
The Eeva Test is a first-in-class, non-invasive predictive test that enhances the …
An article in the New York Times reviews the pros and cons of methods of selection of the embryo most likely to result in a health baby.
And this appears to be the future direction of IVF: embryo selection to facilitate single embryo transfer (eSET) resulting in a dramatic reduction of multiple pregnancy without reducing success rates.
Chromosomal testing (PGS) …
Doctors are reporting an epidemic — of twins. Nearly half of all babies born with advanced fertility help are multiple births, new federal numbers show.
In the five years since the “Octomom” case, big multiple births have gone way down, but the twin rate has barely budged. Twins have much higher risks of prematurity and serious health problems.
The Centers …
This is one of a series of news items from abstracts of studies presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine as complied by Dr. David Meldrum, Scientific Director of Reproductive Partners. We appreciate the enormous amount of work it takes to compile and comment on these abstracts.
You would think that in even a …
An article in the October 2012 issue of the medical journal Obstetrics & Gynecology examines factors which lead to good birth outcomes after assisted reproductive technology procedures (ART). IVF accounts for 99% of the ART procedures performed in the U. S.
They surveyed single live births at term among the live births (444,909) from ART procedures in the U. S. …