Latest posts
-
“The Follicles Grew Well, So Why Are There No Mature Eggs?”… The Answer Lay in the Egg’s Division Machinery
A study of six women with recurrent egg maturation arrest identified TUBB8 variants that disrupted the spindle inside the egg. Even ICSI and artificial oocyte activation produced a fertilization rate of only 6.3%.
-
“Can an Egg Be Fertilized Without a Needle Puncture?” New Fertilization Method Enters a 200-Patient Clinical Study
A Japanese study will compare assisted sperm fusion insemination with PIEZO-ICSI in 200 patients, following euploid embryo rates, pregnancy, and birth outcomes.
-
Do IVF Babies Have More Heart Defects? A Fresh Analysis Compares Them with 42 Million Naturally Conceived Children
A meta-analysis of 35 studies found an association between ART and congenital heart defects, but absolute prevalence remained low. The researchers stress that association does not prove causation and that ART alone does not provide sufficient grounds for additional fetal echocardiography in settings with standard second-trimester anomaly screening.