A new study claims to have mapped the genomes of embryos created by IVF and suggests that the same techniques used could also be used to enable preimplantation genetic testing (PGT). The paper, published in Nature Medicine, outlines molecular and statistical techniques for inferring the whole...
Placenta development is initiated first in human pregnancies, even before the embryo starts to form, according to new research. A team of scientists at the Francis Crick Institute, London, has found that one of the first steps after egg fertilisation in mammals is the initiation of...
Freezing and storing embryos during fertility treatment using a technique called vitrification is safe, although women are less likely to become pregnant and have a live birth the longer the embryos are stored, according to new research published in Human Reproduction, one of the world’s...
