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A British MP is demanding a Government inquiry into the safety of a form of IVF (in vitro fertilisation) which has been linked with a higher risk of birth defects. More than 20,000 couples

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An Australian study has identified the risk of major birth defects associated with different types of assisted reproductive technology. In the most comprehensive study of its kind in the world, res

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A Mexican woman is pregnant with nine babies—six girls and three boys—as a result of in vitro fertilisation. The woman was identified as Karla Vanessa Perez of the northeastern

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Fertility-boosting drugs could more than double the risk of subsequent offspring developing childhood leukaemia, academics have warned. And other studies have found that the incidence of birth defe

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The UK fertility regulator is seeking to boost the supply of human eggs and sperm by reducing the taboo around gamete “donation”. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA)

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Italy’s health minister has ordered an investigation into an apparent mechanical failure at a Rome hospital that caused the destruction of 94 frozen embryos, as well as eggs and sperm samples

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Women having children at older ages and the growing use of artificial reproductive technologies has led to a marked increase in the birth of twins. In 2009, one in every 30 babies born in the Unite

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The medical and scientific assistance given to infertile couples must always respect their dignity as persons, Pope Benedict XVI has stressed. Addressing some 200 scientists and members of the Pont

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A controversial technique known as “three-parent IVF” came a step closer in the UK after the Department of Health asked the fertility regulator there to conduct a public consultation in

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New research on babies conceived using in vitro fertilisation suggests that those who are frozen and thawed as embryos are born heavier and are less likely to be premature. Presented at th

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