Surrogate Pregnancy after transfer of Cryoshipped, Vitrified Human Blastocysts

Rotunda achieved its first pregnancy with Cryoshipped Vitrified embryos from USA and transferring them into a surrogate mother.
Till now, we have received frozen embryos from many countries and successfully transferred them into surrogate mothers at Rotunda. Most of these embryos were frozen by the slow freezing process. As vitrification is becoming popular as a method [...]

Birth of first UK baby screened for genetic breast cancer

The first baby to be screened for alterations in the breast cancer-causing gene, BRCA1, was born last week. The child was at risk from inheriting the gene from her father, who has women in three generations of his family who have been diagnosed with breast caner in their twenties as a result of inheriting the [...]

Fate of surplus frozen embryos : a difficult decision

Many infertility patients with unused frozen embryos are dissatisfied with the common options offered to them, such as donating to another couple or discarding the embryos, according to a study to be published Thursday in Fertility and Sterility, the New York Times reports. It is estimated that more than 400,000 embryos are frozen at clinics [...]

IVF successes break new reproductive ground

Despite IVF being used for thirty years, fertility treatments are still breaking new ground to assist couples struggling to conceive children – in multiples. Recently the first US babies conceived using frozen eggs were born in Minnesota and now quadruplets have been born in California to two mothers within a same-sex partnership.
After two unsuccessful IVF [...]

Frozen is better than fresh when it comes to transplanting embryos in IVF

Danish scientists found babies born after a frozen embryo was thawed and implanted had higher birth weights than those born from fresh embryos.  
The study of over 19,000 babies also found no added risk of birth defects.
A European fertility conference heard frozen embryo babies did better because only the most robust embryos survived the freezing and [...]