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Fertility option – GIFT
Gift stands for gamete intra-fallopian transfer. A gamete is the technical term for the basic contribution from each partner to form a new baby: a sperm or an egg. GIFT is similar to IVF in that the woman’s ovaries are stimulated and the eggs are collected in just the same way. The main difference is that fertilisation occurs…
Support Groups : H & I
Health Development Agency (HDA) Holborn Gate 330 High Holborn London WC1V 7BA Tel: 020 79430 0850 www.hda-online.org.uk Email: communications@hda-online.org.uk The HDA has been set up by the government to play a central part in implementing the public health strategy. Health Visitors Association 40 Bermondsey Street London SE1 3UD Tel: 020 7939 7000 Fax: 020 7403…
Egg or sperm donation
Egg or sperm donation If, for whatever reason, a man does not produce any sperm, or enough of good quality, or a woman does not produce any eggs, then assisted conception using donor gametes (eggs or sperm) offers the couple a chance of conceiving. Using donated eggs may also be advised for women in their…
PGD – Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis
This cutting-edge IVF technique is being developed to help couples where one or both partners carries a serious genetic disease, such as cystic fibrosis (CF) and beta-thalassemia, or X-linked chromosome disorders. The technique involves many hours of intricate lab work so that faulty genes and chromosomes can be detected in fertilised embryos after they’ve been…
Fertility docotor to start cloning babies
9 March, 2001 A FERTILITY doctor who helped the world’s oldest mother give birth is to start cloning babies for infertile couples. Italian Severino Antinori claims Britain’s decision to allow limited research into therapeutic cloning will help the project. A cloned baby could be created within two years using techniques already practised on animals, he…
Decision imminent on frozen eggs
A DECISION is expected today on whether the current ban on fertilising a woman’s frozen eggs will be lifted. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority is expected to announce its findings today, but there is no indication which way they will go. Current rules mean that a woman’s eggs can be frozen, but at…
Huge increase in IVF for women in their 40s
6th June 2007 The number of women in their forties who are having IVF has increased tenfold over the last 15 years, according to the Human Fertility and Embryology Authority. The figures, relating specifically to women aged between 40 and 45, show the number of IVF cycles have risen from 596 in 1991 to 6,174 last year. The…
Warning over fertility treatment abroad
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) is warning couples about seeking fertility treatment abroad as standards in many countries do not match those in the UK. Since laws came in last year removing the right of anonymity for UK donors, European fertility clinics have seen a boom in UK customers but the HFEA says women could…
News: Fertility laws are facing change
The government is launching a review of the laws governing fertility research and embryo treatment for the first time in fifteen years. Experts say the laws need updating to keep pace with technological advances and the public consultation will help to update the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act, which dates from 1990. Medical professionals and…
IVF Couples May Get To Choose Baby Sex
Couples undergoing IVF may be allowed to choose the sex of their baby if plans put forward by a group of MPs come into affect. A controversial Commons Science and Technology Committee report said more decisions on fertility treatment should be made by patients and their doctors. It suggests that parents who need to ‘balance’…