November 22, 2016 IVF leaves baby at lower risk of breast cancer despite family history Meet little Noah – the first named baby born free of the “Angelina Jolie” cancer gene thanks to a groundbreaking IVF treatment.
November 21, 2016 Do at-home fertility tests really work? Between fertility apps that track menstrual periods and at-home kits that tell a woman if she’s ovulating and a man if he has a low sperm count, there are more options than ever before that seem to give couples hope.
November 21, 2016 California woman gives birth to her own grandson Megan Barker gave birth to a 7-pound, 7-ounce baby boy Oct. 22—but he's not her son, he's her grandson.
November 17, 2016 Ovulation prediction is messy and difficult. It shouldn't be The market is wide open for anything that will bring the technology of this tedious, anxious process a little farther into the 21st century.
November 11, 2016 Sanofi partners with Brazil to accelerate Zika vaccine work Sanofi has struck a collaboration deal with a leading Brazilian research institute to speed development of a Zika vaccine, consolidating the French drugmaker's leading position in the race to defeat the mosquito-borne virus.
November 4, 2016 Canadian doctor accused of secretly using his sperm to impregnate patients A Canadian woman is suing the fertility doctor who artificially inseminated her mother — after learning that he used his own sperm to impregnate her.
November 2, 2016 Mothers' nutrition pivotal for healthy child growth, study finds Improving mothers' nutrition before and during pregnancy is pivotal to reducing child stunting in developing countries, researchers said on Tuesday, as a new study showed poor child growth often starts in the womb.
October 31, 2016 Zika causes infertility, lasting harm to testes in mice: US study A study of mice infected with Zika showed the virus caused lasting damage to key cells in the male reproductive system, resulting in shrunken testicles, lower levels of sex hormones and reduced fertility, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
October 28, 2016 Injectable birth control for men holds promise; risks remain Injecting men with two different hormones every eight weeks suppressed their sperm production enough to act as birth control, according to a new study.
October 27, 2016 The kids are all right: Children with 3-way DNA are healthy More than 15 years ago, 17 babies were born after an experimental infertility treatment that gave them DNA from three people: Mom, Dad and an egg donor.
