Girls With Cancer Given Fertility Hope
...ife saving chemotherapy and radiotherapy can cause infertility by destroying the ovaries containing the lifetime stock of eggs or shorten a woman's fertile period. For the first time Israeli doctors have found eggs in ovarian tissue taken from girls as young as five - and say they will offer the treatment to g...IVF Tourism Marred by Ethical Differences in EU
..., hotels and interpreters' National laws banning infertility therapies that are available elsewhere in the European Union are denying couples the chance to start a family and driving others to seek expensive treatment abroad, according to Professor Paul Devroey, of Brussels Free University. Many assisted rep...Infertility is Seen in Men With SLE
...sential to identify the potential risk factors for infertility and to offer preventive measures for these patients....Immune System Protein Could Be the Key Infertility
...sts that defects in JAM-C could contribute to male infertility in humans. It will be important for scientists working in this area to investigate this further."...Immune Substance in Semen may Help Determine Male Fertility
... It was observed that the MIF levels in men with infertility problems were either too high or too low, while healthy controls had levels that were just right. Upon adding MIF into lab dishes filled with healthy sperm, the researchers noted that their count had decreased, and motility impaired. Dr. Al-Abe...Afghan Couple Turn to Indian Sperm Banks for Help
... Helai Gupta, has been treating Afghan couples for infertility for the last eight years. Dr Gupta said the number of Afghan couples seeking donor sperm has increased since the end of Taleban rule. 'From all the Afghan couples who have visited me, it is the men who were either infertile or had erectile dysf...60% of Infertile Couples are Okay With Allowing Unused Embryos for Stem Cell Research
...federal policies do not reflect the preferences of infertility patients who have faced the very personal moral ch...ers sent questionnaires to 2, 210 patients at nine infertility centers across the United States, asking them about their intentions for the frozen embryos they cur...Twin Brother may Reduce Sister's Fertility by 25 Percent
... a condition called PCOS which is a known cause of infertility in humans," says Dr Laurence Shaw, a fertility expert at the London Bridge Fertility Centre and spokesman for the British Fertility Society. "Work is now needed to explore what mechanisms could explain these observations in humans," he added....Questions Raised Over Safety of In-vitro Fertilization
...ived infants. This question of second-generation infertility is an area of particular interest, and given the relative infancy of the science of IVF, it is something that will become clear only in years to come. At the same time it is also acknowledged that the risks remain small - in other words, if a natural...Study Finds Most Women Getting Wrong Dose of Fertility Drugs
...le 15 percent were being given a lower dose of the infertility drugs. When 113 of the women were then given the right dose, an average of 10 eggs were harvested. "That is the ideal number of eggs you would be looking for," the New Scientist quoted Trew, as saying. The findings of the study were presented ...Womens Mood Plays a Key Role in Infertility Treatment
...ot getting pregnant. Research quite unrelated to infertility for example, in gambling or playing the lottery -...assisted reproduction. The team asked 129 female infertility patients to undertake a standardised questionnaire, the Profile of Mood States (POMS), one month bef...A New Therapy to Protect Cancer Patients Against Infertility
...used for the temporary suppression of ovulation in infertility treatment, so reasoned that it would be possible to use it to shut down the ovaries temporarily during the time that chemotherapy was administered, and hence protect them from the effect of the drugs. The women were given the GnRH antagonist cetror...Complementary Therapy may Reduce Pregnancy Chances in Women
...iminish the effectiveness of medical treatment for infertility in women, was found by a scientist in 23rd annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in Lyon, France. Dr. Jacky Boivin, from the School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Wales, UK, will say that her research h...Test-tube Babies: Mood Swings are Key to Fertility Choice
...hey investigated the emotional state of 129 female infertility patients one month before IVF treatment. The vol...n on how many embryos should be transferred. 'If infertility patients were to gain a better understanding of the risks and benefits of transferring more or fewer...Strange Sex Life of Mole-rats may Provide Clues About Human Infertility
...lping scientists comprehend how stress can lead to infertility in humans. Mole-rats are blind, hairless, and l...applications to understanding human stress-related infertility arent so far fetched, he said. Humans also vary widely in the way in which they form social bonds ...Bio-defense Lab Ordered Shut Down as Researchers Get Infected
... is rarely fatal. In livestock, brucellosis causes infertility and abortions. As bioterrorism agents, Brucella strains are inexpensive to produce and disperse, according to an August 2005 article in the CDC journal Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID). Coxiella burnetii causes a flulike disease in humans that is...