IVF couples can now watch their embryo developing in real time – using a smartphone app. It literally puts them in the lab, with round-the-clock access to images of their baby-to-be as it evolves. More than 500 British couples have so far trialled the Embryomobile application, developed by Institut Marquès Barcelona, in Spain.
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To Burn Sugar or Not to Burn Sugar: How Eggs Store Fuel for Embryo Development
Reproduction is highly dependent on diet and the ability to use nutrients to grow and generate energy. This is clearly seen in women, who must provide all the nutritional building blocks required to support a growing embryo. As a result, metabolic diseases like diabetes and obesity are closely linked with several female reproductive disorders such as: Infertility, polycystic ovary syndrome, and ovarian cancer. However, the precise links between reproductive processes and metabolism remains poorly understood.
With In Vitro Fertilization, Persistence Pays Off, Study Suggests
In their quest to become parents, most infertile couples undergoing in vitro fertilization must grapple with a tough decision: when to call it quits. After three or four unsuccessful embryo transfers, doctors have long assumed that the chances of eventually bringing home a child were dismal.
Uneven Growth of Identical Twins May Begin in First Few Days After Conception
Unequal growth between genetically identical monozygotic (MZ) twins in the womb may be triggered in the earliest stages of human embryo development, according to a new study led by King’s College London.
Scientists Map Gene Activity of Human Embryo’s First Days
Human egg fertilization sparks a cascade of genetic activity. After 1 day, the single cell becomes two, after 2 days there are four cells, after 3 days there are eight, and so it continues. Now, for the first time, scientists have mapped the genetic activity that accompanies this early stage of embryo growth.
Boy celebrates Surviving Hurricane Katrina As An Embryo
Noah Benton Markham was born 16 months after Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans. The now-8-year-old likes to say he is “Katrina’s youngest survivor.” Police saved his embryo in a floodwater rescue of a New Orleans fertility clinic after the hurricane flooded 80 percent of the city 10 years ago this weekend.
EEVA Fertility Treatment
As many as 1.5 million married couples in the United States have a difficult time starting a family, and many of them turn to fertility experts for help. Now a new technology is increasing the odds that an implanted embryo will result in a successful pregnancy and delivery.
Dino-Chicken Gets One Step Closer
Talk of a “chickenosaurus” lit up the science world last week when researchers announced they had modified the beak of a chicken embryo to resemble the snout of its dinosaur ancestors. But although some experts have lauded the feat, a beak is just one of many modifications needed to revert a chicken into a dinosaur. Given these obstacles, how close are scientists to creating a dino-chicken?
Fertility Medicine Brings Babies — and Tough Decisions
Brenda Loblein never wanted to be in this position. She didn’t want to be faced with a decision about what to do with an extra embryo — a potential child — sitting on ice in a sterilized storage facility.
Scientists Describe Mechanism that Nourishes Early Embryo in the Womb
A new study reveals how a mechanism – involving glands in the lining of the uterus – ensures the early embryo receives the nourishment it needs to grow into a healthy fetus that is big enough to receive blood from the mother.