Aspirin and heparin to help implantation: Yes or No? Image credit: atibodyphoto at FreeDigitalPhotos.net The moment a woman has one or two unsuccessful series of IVF behind her, she becomes ready to do anything, really anything to make the next IVF cycle work. Many of the women I talk to have a long history of [...]
Fertility treatments in Turkey and fertility food (and why Turkish women believe that onions help while trying to conceive) During a recent fertility conference in Berlin, I spoke to numerous fertility experts, but only at the Turkish booth did it feel like home to me. Or, more precisely, it felt like sitting in my own kitchen - [...]
Spanish top reproductive scientists from Dexeus to start research in modifying human embryos with CRISPR Dexeus is a woman's health clinic located in Barcelona, famous for giving life to the first test-tube baby in Spain in 1984. Dexeus clinic has brought more than 12.000 IVF children into the world. About one fourth of reproductive medicine patients come to [...]
During a recent fertility conference in Berlin, I spoke to numerous fertility experts, but only at the Turkish booth did it feel like home to me. Or, more precisely, it felt like sitting in my own kitchen - a peaceful, comfortable world, untouched by the hectic surroundings. Would I like a coffee? No? Then have a chocolate. Sit [...]
Image credit: atibodyphoto at FreeDigitalPhotos.net The moment a woman has one or two unsuccessful series of IVF behind her, she becomes ready to do anything, really anything to make the next IVF cycle work. Many of the women I talk to have a long history of fertility treatments, so the question that often comes up is [...]
Honestly, I never really wondered what exactly happens in a moment when egg and sperm unite. I assumed, science would know all about it; for such an important event one would expect tons of literature describing every millisecond of it, right? Or at least a handful of studies demonstrating what happens in the moment of creation, a moment that each [...]
