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Oysters

Seafood-lovers have more sex and take less time to get pregnant

23 May 2018

Couples who eat seafood more than twice a week have more sex and get pregnant quicker, a study of 1000 people has found, although the reason why remains unclear


Electron micrograph of polycistic ovaries

Cause of polycystic ovary syndrome discovered at last

14 May 2018

Polycystic ovary syndrome, which affects one in five women, seems to be caused by a hormonal imbalance. An IVF drug may fix this, and will be trialled soon


fetes

Making babies: How to create human embryos with no egg or sperm

11 April 2018

Artificial wombs and embryos made from skin cells – remarkable new techniques could revolutionise reproductive biology and help bring an end to infertility


Malfunctioning fertility clinic tanks may put eggs at risk

Malfunctioning fertility clinic tanks may put eggs at risk

13 March 2018

Thousands of frozen eggs and embryos may have been damaged after temperatures rose in two malfunctioning tanks at fertility clinics in California and Ohio


family

Fertility clinics are fudging IVF stats to look more successful

29 November 2017

Would-be parents seeking IVF treatment use published success rates to choose a clinic – but the stats don't reflect the real chance of getting pregnant


leader

Why the male infertility crisis could be good news for women

15 November 2017

The steep decline in sperm counts is an opportunity to finally dispel the idea that fertility is primarily a women’s issue


Sperm

Stem cell technique could reverse a major type of infertility

17 August 2017

Men with extra sex chromosomes can have difficulty producing fertile sperm. Now researchers have got around this in mice by making stem cells from their skin


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