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Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Robert Edwards, the scientist known as the father of in-vitro fertilization, died at the age of 87 on Wednesday. Edwards won the Nobel Prize in medicine for his achievement in pioneering the development of "test tube babies" for couples who were unable to conceive naturally. Under the IVF process, an egg is fertilized by sperm outside of the body in a test tube. Roberts, or "Bob" as he was known to his friends, began working on...
Fertile Heart Founder Julia Indichova Greets Infertility Awareness Week with Free Webinar on April 24 WOODSTOCK, N.Y., April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- On Wednesday, April 24, at 8:30 p.m. EDT, www.FertileHeart.com founder/author Julia Indichova will honor Infertility Awareness Week with a free webinar/teleconference addressing the challenges linked to the catchall diagnosis of infertility. Participants are welcome to register for the call through the events page of Fertile Heart at...
Not only do the professionals at Midwest Fertility Clinic possess skills and state-of-the-art lab equipment, they are aware of their responsibility to carry on the 40 year old legacy passed down to them by the pioneers of in vitro fertilization. DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Dr. Amos Madanes has been serving as Midwest Fertility Center's director since 1984. However, coming into the field in 1979, he has practically been a part of in vitro fertilization...
IVF New Jersey is now offering a program at a minimal cost to patients who have been diagnosed with cancer. This program could allow women options to help preserve their fertility and ability to have a successful future pregnancy. Somerset, New Jersey (PRWEB) March 29, 2013 IVF New Jersey, an approved NJ Top Docs practice is now offering a program at a minimal cost to patients who have been diagnosed with cancer. Those patients will be receiving treatment for cancer that could unfavorably...
The Pacific Fertility Center (PFC) reports exceptionally high pregnancy rates while minimizing risk of multiples through its new technology of elective Single Embryo Transfer (eSET). (PRWEB) March 28, 2013 The Pacific Fertility Center (PFC) reports exceptionally high pregnancy rates while minimizing risk of multiples through its new technology of elective Single Embryo Transfer (eSET). eSET works by identifying an embryo with the highest chance for pregnancy. One embryo is transferred to...
Infertility Educational seminars in Texas, Pennsylvania, St. Louis and Las Vegas all culminating with Donated IVF Cycles. Is this Generous Philanthropy or Shameless Self Promotion? (PRWEB) March 26, 2013 April 21-27 is Infertility Awareness Week. One in every eight couples can’t do something most take for granted – have a child. Access to treatment is the biggest issue. It is estimated that of the two million people in the U.S. who need IVF, less than 200,000 (10%) can afford the...
Two complimentary fertility education seminars will be hosted in both West Palm Beach, FL on April 27th and in Plantation, FL on May 4th with the opportunity to enter the IVF cycle giveaway. Fort Lauderdale, FL (PRWEB) March 23, 2013 With celebrities like the Khloe Kardashian and Giuliana and Bill Rancic speaking publicly about their struggles to conceive, there’s been a recent spotlight on the issue of infertility. But for the thousands of couples that face infertility everyday, the...
Reveals More than Half of Women Have Better Odds of Live Birth from IVF than Age-Based Estimates Show LOS ALTOS, Calif., March 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Univfy Inc., a pioneer in predictive technology for health care and fertility, today announced the publication of new research findings in Fertility & Sterility, validating the company's Univfy PreIVF prediction tests as 1,000-times (likelihood scale) more powerful in predicting the probability of live birth in the first in vitro...
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., March 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- West Coast Fertility Center (WCFC) and Frozen Egg Bank, Inc. (FEB) announce a major advancement with their well recognized frozen egg program. A leader in egg freezing technology since 2000, WCFC and its research partner FEB, have treated women using eggs frozen and thawed by two completely different freezing techniques. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130321/PH80885-a )(Photo:...
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online British officials are debating whether or not to legalize new in vitro fertilization (IVF) techniques that would eliminate dangerous hereditary diseases, but would essentially create a child from three different parents. According to the UK’s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), a public consultation in 2012 indicated UK citizens mostly support the use of the potentially life-saving technique, despite any safety or...
