European Society of Human Reproduction & Embryology 24th annual meeting
Reproductive medicine is one of the most exciting scientific and clinical areas. Every month brings announcements of research developments, medical firsts, new rulings by regulatory bodies, or ethical controversies often sparking heated debate among practitioners in the field themselves, as well ...Cold Spring Harbor Protocols features innovative methods for embryology research
COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y. (Mon., Dec. 3, 2007) Two methods that permit scientists to examine critical stages in early embryogenesis are featured in this months release of Cold Spring Harbor Protocols . The methods, which are freely accessible online ( www.cshprotocols.org ), describe how to fl...Cancer survivors at greater risk of birth complications; special monitoring needed
...ancer run particular risks when pregnant and should be closely monitored, the 25th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and embryology heard today (Wednesday 1 July). Dr. Sharon Lie Fong, of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Erasmus MC University Medical Centre, Rotterdam,...Polycystic ovarian syndrome: New light on its causes and its effect on brothers
...ssed down to sons as well as daughters. The two studies were presented to the 25th annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and embryology in Amsterdam heard today (Tuesday). Associate Professor Michael Davies told a news briefing: "We already know from clinical studies of women with r...Women with cystic fibrosis can have safe and successful fertility treatment
... either themselves or their children, according to new research presented at the 25th annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and embryology in Amsterdam today (Tuesday). Until relatively recently, cystic fibrosis (CF) was a death sentence and most people with the disease died by the tim...Daily sex helps to reduce sperm DNA damage and improve fertility
...of DNA damage, according to an Australian study presented today (Tuesday) to the 25th annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and embryology in Amsterdam. Until now there has been no evidence-based consensus amongst fertility specialists as to whether or not men should refrain from sex ...Reduced ovarian reserve associated with increased risk of trisomic pregnancy
...versity Medical Center Groningen (The Netherlands) presented her findings at the 25th annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and embryology in Amsterdam today (Tuesday). She said: "The results of my study support a relation between trisomic pregnancy and a decreased quantity of eggs av...McGill University receives almost $63 million under CFI program to support 5 research projects
...ed by Dr. David Plant, chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Received $5,518,560 from CFI. McGill/IRCM Research Group on embryology and Disease (MIRGED), is a unique collaboration between three separate McGill research groups plus the l'Institut de recherches cliniques de Montral (...PGD Technology Offers More Than Designer Babies
...l clinical, academic, and scientific experience. The onsite innovative laboratory at Pacific Fertility Center is operated by one the most experienced embryology teams in the nation. Pacific Fertility Center is highly regarded for its ability to offer technologically advanced solutions to the most resistant fe...New stem cell therapy may lead to treatment for deafness
...y to optimize the differentiation of human embryonic stem cells into ear cell types. "Although considerable information has been obtained about the embryology of the ear using animal models, the lack of a human system has impaired the validation of such information," the authors note. "Access to human ce...New Data Supports Significant Economic and Clinical Value of MENOPUR(R) in IVF
... Respect to Infertility Treatment" New data from an economic analysis presented today at this year's European Society of Human Reproduction and embryology (ESHRE) congress showed that, within the parameters of the simulation model used, the in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment MENOPUR (highly-purified ...Schering-Plough Announces Phase III Data for Sustained Follicle Stimulant
... according to data presented during a Schering-Plough-sponsored symposium at the 24th annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and embryology (ESHRE) in Barcelona, Spain. The ongoing pregnancy rate, the primary endpoint of this non-inferiority trial, obtained in the 150 mcg corifollitropin...CKX31 Inverted Laboratory Microscope
Description:...ility in cell checking. The CKX31 is a cost-effective inverted microscope suited to routine applications in a range of fields--from tissue culture and embryology to immunology and pharmacology....Chromosomal problems affect nearly all human embryos
...ics and the University Fertility Center, Leuven University, Belgium, told the 25th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and embryology today (Wednesday July 1), that the surprising finding meant that current techniques used in preimplantation genetic screening (PGS), where embryos are...Will IVF work for a particular patient? The answer may be found in her blood
... blood. Dr. Cathy Allen, from the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, told the 25th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and embryology today (Wednesday 1 July) that her research would help understand why IVF works for some patients but not for others. Previous work in this area has...Women with endometriosis need special care during pregnancy to avoid risk of premature birth
... has found that the condition is a major risk factor for premature birth, the 25th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and embryology heard today (Wednesday July 1). Dr. Henrik Falconer, of the Department of Woman and Child Health, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, said that h...New test can detect both genetic and chromosomal abnormalities in embryos
...os that were known to have cystic fibrosis. They told a news briefing at the 25th annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and embryology in Amsterdam today (Tuesday) that, as a result, they would be able to offer clinical trials to couples seeking fertility treatment later this year. ...Single thawed embryo transfer after PGD does not affect pregnancy rates
...ications associated with these pregnancies. The research was presented at the 25th annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and embryology in Amsterdam and published online in Europe's leading reproductive medicine journal, Human Reproduction, simultaneously today (Tuesday). Dr Yacoub ...Ovarian transplantation: First baby is born after a new technique
...have lost their fertility as a result of cancer treatment was outlined to the 25th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and embryology today (Monday 29 June). Dr. Pascal Piver, manager of the IVF Centre at Limoges University Hospital, Limoges, France, described a new, two-step metho...Ovarian transplantation: New technique gives greatly improved results in this delicate operation
...transplants with the same success rate as fresh tissue, a researcher told the 25th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and embryology today (Monday 29 June). Dr. Sherman Silber, Director of the St. Louis Infertility Centre, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, said that freezing tissue by the v...New, less invasive genetic test greatly improves pregnancy rates in older women with poor prognosis
...ntify those that are capable of forming a healthy baby, a researcher told the 25th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and embryology today (Monday 29 June). Dr. Elpida Fragouli, from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Oxford, UK, and Reprogenetics UK, said t...ICSI or IVF: Babies born from frozen embryos do just as well
... team headed by Professor Gianpiero Palermo who pioneered ICSI in 1992, told the 25th annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and embryology in Amsterdam today (Monday) that she and her colleagues had looked at all births from frozen embryos, conceived via ICSI or IVF, between 1993 and 2007...Who goes abroad for fertility treatment and why?
... are banned in their home country says a study of the subject launched at the 25th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and embryology today (Monday June 29). Study co-ordinator Dr. Franoise Shenfield, from University College Hospital, London, UK, said that this was the first hard e...Unisense FertiliTech A/S Receives CE Mark of Approval for EmbryoScope(TM) Embryo Monitoring System
...e CE mark coincided with the successful sales launch of the EmbryoScope(TM) Embryo Monitoring System at the European society of Human reproduction and embryology in Amsterdam, June 29.July 1 2009 Unisense Fertilitech A/S is a Danish company which was founded in 2003, as a daughter company of Unisense A/S...Schering-Plough Announces Phase II and III Data for Corifollitropin Alfa
... of the European Society of Human Reproduction and embryology (ESHRE) in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. "The ...at 25th European Society of Human Reproduction and embryology (ESHRE) on June 29, 2009. Abstract no. O-005 ...at 25th European Society of Human Reproduction and embryology (ESHRE) on June 29, 2009 . Abstract no O-003 ...Ferring Research Infertility and Gynaecology GrAnt (FRIGGA) 2008 Winners Announced
...-- The winners of the Ferring Research Infertility and Gynaecology GrAnt (FRIGGA) are announced today at the European Society for Human Reproduction & embryology Congress. The two winners of this new prize are the University Medical Centre Utrecht, The Netherlands and the Universitair Ziekenhuis (UZ) Brussel, C...Human cloning plans get blessing from British government
...Sousa of Scotlands Roslin Institute, with Kings College London researcher Christopher Shaw, have been granted a license by the Human Fertilisation and embryology Authority to generate stem-cell lines to study motor neuron disease (MND). The team plans to clone embryos to generate stem cells that will in turn be...Competition for stem cell research is fierce
...government and the private sector all working in tandem. Additionally, other countries can be far more permissive. Britains Human Fertilization and embryology Act enables researchers to undertake embryonic stem-cell research with much fewer restrictions than here in the U.S. It is possible to go too far, ...