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fertility stories: 50 news summaries

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 UC Settles 
 Suits in 
 Embryo 
 Thefts 

'Our kids are still out there,' says heartbroken mom

Sep 11, 09 2:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The University of California Board of Regents has quietly paid $4.2 million to settle a dozen lawsuits linked to doctors who stole embryos in an Irvine fertility clinic, reports the Los Angeles Times. The physicians fled the US after it was discovered 14 years ago that they moved eggs... More »

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fertility • crime • theft • lawsuit • settlement • fertility treatment • University of California Irvine • fertility clinic • UC Irvine • doctors • settlements • UC

(Newser) - British scientists announced they have created synthetic human sperm for the first time, the Guardian reports. The sperm—grown in a lab from stem cells—swim, have tails, and exhibit many of the same biological characteristics of real sperm, according to researchers. They believe the breakthrough could lead to a... More »

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stem cell research • fertility • sperm • stem cells • infertility • embryonic stem cells

 More Sex Makes 
 Stronger Sperm, 
 Cuts Infertility 

Men's sperm quality improves with daily ejaculation, study finds

Jun 30, 09 9:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Having sex every day improves sperm quality and can improve a couple's chances of conception, an Australian fertility specialist finds. Eight in 10 men with fertility problems showed less damaged DNA and more mobility in their sperm after 7 days, the BBC reports. The study recommended men "keep the... More »

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fertility • Australia • sperm • conception • male fertility • infertility • sperm count • ovulation

(Newser) - A British fertility clinic implanted the wrong embryo into a woman who aborted it as soon as she found out, dashing another couple's hopes of having their second baby, reports the Telegraph. When a lab assistant informed the couple, they "held each other and sobbed," said the... More »

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pregnancy • fertility • parenting • embryo • birth • mistake • fertility treatment • IVF

Statue of Busty
Woman May Be
World's Oldest

Sexualized carving done 35K years ago: German scientists

May 13, 09 4:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - German scientists have unearthed what may be the world’s oldest statue, a 35,000-year-old ivory carving of a busty woman. The 2.4 inch sculpture with extra-large breasts and an enlarged vulva was found in the same cave as a penis-shaped stone discovered in 2005, and may be an... More »

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fertility • archaeology • Germany • women • art • statue

(Newser) - Don’t worry, everyone—octuplet mom Nadya Suleman will be able to have more kids, she tells Radar. Though she recently said upcoming surgery would remove half her uterus and prevent her from becoming pregnant, the operation is actually just a “myomectomy,” which involves taking fibriods out of... More »

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fertility • surgery • children • Nadya Suleman

Experts Blast Clone Doc's Claims, Credibility, Ethics

Zavos' claim to have implanted human clones scorned by fertility experts

Apr 23, 09 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A fertility doctor who claims to have implanted cloned human embryos into several women is being denounced as an unscrupulous publicity hound by leading figures in his field, the Independent reports. Panayiotis Zavos has failed to make his work available for review by his peers, the experts charge, and his... More »

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fertility • cloning • fertility treatment • implanted embryos • human clones • Panayiotis Zavos

 US Doc Boasts  
 He Implanted 11 
 Human Clones 

'The cloned child is coming,' says controversial physician

Apr 22, 09 5:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - A controversial American fertility doctor is boasting that he cloned 14 human embryos and implanted 11 of them them into women, reports the Independent. None of the tranfers led to a viable pregnancy. A documentary filmmaker recorded the procedures involving four women who had hoped to become the first mothers... More »

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pregnancy • fertility • physician • doctor • human embryos • fertility clinic • clone • implanted embryos • human clones • Panayiotis Zavos

Stem Cells Zap Infertility in Female Mice

Researchers believe treatment could reverse human menopause

Apr 13, 09 6:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chinese scientists say they have reversed infertility in female mice by creating new eggs from stem cells, the Independent reports. The research—which if it bears out could have heady implications for reproductive medicine, including reversing menopause—took stem cells from the ovaries of mice, cultivated them, and transplanted them... More »

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stem cell research • fertility • fertility treatment • infertility • lab mice

Docs Warn Would-Be Parents
of Higher IVF Risks

Test-tube babies at 30% greater risk for genetic health conditions

Mar 22, 09 6:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - British doctors will begin warning fertility patients about in vitro fertilization, which has been shown to increase the risk of genetic health problems in babies by 30%, the Independent reports. Experts say the “small risk” could be caused by weaker eggs in older women or fertilization medication that harms... More »

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fertility • in vitro fertilization • parents • genetic abnormalities • doctors

 Wild Sex Makes Babies 

Better stimulation likely boosts fertility in both sexes

Mar 22, 09 10:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - A night of wild passion is more likely to result in endless nights with a squalling newborn than the mechanical, right-time-of-the-month sex many couples fall into when trying for a baby, say experts. “The better the sex, the better the chances of conception,” noted one. Each partner should... More »

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fertility • sex • baby • conception

Ripley's Fertility Exhibit Warns Octu-Mom Away

Suleman, Dr Phil,
Allred are reportedly hatching 'rescue plan'

Mar 5, 09 9:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Nadya Suleman seems to be everywhere these days, but one place you probably won’t see her is the new fertility exhibit at Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Odditorium, TMZ reports. Reps from the Hollywood museum are urging the mother of 14 to stay away from the statues, which... More »

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pregnancy • fertility • in vitro fertilization • Gloria Allred • Dr Phil • multiple births • octuplets • Nadya Suleman

Amid Outcry, Doc Backs Off Designer Babies

Clinic will only screen embryos for disease, genetic disorders

Mar 4, 09 9:40 AM CST
(Newser) - After backlash from doctors, ethicists, and the public, a fertility clinic that had promised parents the option to choose certain traits for their new babies has changed its claim slightly. “We’re going to limit it to people with genetic diseases because we just cannot keep up with what’... More »

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medical breakthrough • fertility • genetics • designer baby • hair color • genes • eugenics

 Patients Push 
 Fertility Docs for 
 Extra Embryos 

Though hazardous, many parents take the risk to up their odds of having kids

Feb 12, 09 2:40 PM CST
(Newser) - While Nadya Suleman's octuplets remain the in vitro exception, about 30% of such procedures result in multiple births. One attempt can cost $12,000, so patients regularly implore docs to up their pregnancy chances by planting multiple embryos—even though medical guidelines push for the transfer of no more than... More »

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fertility • in vitro fertilization • children • baby • fertility clinic • multiple births • doctors • octuplets

Calif. Medical Board to Investigate Octuplet Births

Doc who performed in vitro fertilization procedures may have violated standards

Feb 6, 09 4:19 PM CST
(Newser) - California’s Medical Board is investigating whether there was a violation of medical standards by the doctor who helped Nadya Suleman become pregnant with octuplets, the Whittier Daily News reports. Suleman told NBC all 14 of her children were born through in vitro fertilization performed by one California specialist. “... More »

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California • fertility • medical malpractice • in vitro fertilization • baby • doctor • multiple births • violations • octuplets • Nadya Suleman

 Mom on Pill Has Twins—Twice 

Docs say odds are over 11 million to one

Feb 2, 09 8:26 AM CST
(Newser) - A British woman has given birth to her second set of twins conceived while on birth control pills, the Daily Mail reports. Doctors say the odds are more than 11 million to one. Carly O'Brien—who switched to a stronger pill after the first pair came along—says she was... More »

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contraception • fertility • twins • mothers • baby • birth control pill • multiple births

Egg-Freezing a Risky Way to Go

Low success rate makes it a 'gamble' for women wanting to
delay motherhood

Feb 1, 09 4:35 PM CST
(Newser) - British doctors are warning women in their 20s and 30s against freezing their eggs to have children later in life, the Telegraph reports. "The central issue is that it doesn't work very well," one doctor said. "The chance of a baby from a frozen egg with... More »

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fertility • reproduction • women • eggs • career

Analysis

Identify Sperm Donors?
Risks May Outweigh Benefits

Medical history often crucial to children, but repository could discourage donors

Jan 27, 09 8:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Mindful that genetic profiling helps diagnose disease, US fertility clinics are looking for a way to give donor-conceived children access to their fathers’ medical records—without imperiling the industry, writes Cheryl Miller in Reason. A US registry appears imminent, though transparency laws in Europe have resulted in a huge drop... More »

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fertility • parents • sperm bank • sperm donors • fertility clinic

Baby Born in UK Screened
To Be Cancer-Free

Scientists implanted in womb only cells without genes that could lead to disease

Jan 9, 09 1:10 PM CST
(Newser) - The UK’s first “cancer-free” baby was born yesterday, but not without a shower of criticism for the parents and doctors, the BBC reports. Doctors screened the embryo for the altered BRCA1 gene, whose carriers have an 80% chance of developing breast cancer. “The parents will have been... More »

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fertility • breast cancer • reproduction • United Kingdom • embryo • genes • wowOwow

Big Brother Is ... Stealing Your Fertility

Having an older bro reduces your odds of having kids, study finds

Nov 19, 08 2:55 PM CST
(Newser) - If you have an older brother, odds are slightly greater you won’t be having kids, especially if you live in pre-industrial Finland. According to a new study, which examined the birth, marriage, and death records of three generations of pre-industrial Finlanders, found that those with older brothers were 5%... More »

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fertility • study • siblings • big brother

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