Most people undergoing fertility treatment aren’t comfortable talking about it at work,fearing it would harm their career,but the stigma is shifting.
Unclaimed eggs in fertility clinic freezers should be donated by default to help women with mitochondrial disease amid a donor egg shortage,bioethicists say.
Monash’s CEO said the company would be happy to talk to firms about a takeover but said the stability of ownership had been a plus for recruitment.
Even fertility experts consider the fact minute pieces of thawed ovarian tissue can make eggs in the bodies of women who have had cancer treatment to be remarkable - and Australian research is at the forefront.
From October 1,NSW patients at private clinics undergoing IVF and other assisted reproductive treatments can claim $2000 cashback in an Australia-first scheme.
Although there are nearly 57,000 embryos stored in Victoria for future IVF treatment,donors are in huge demand. One Melbourne family has shown how the imbalance could be addressed.
The ordeal started after the couple learned last year that they were expecting a baby girl,only to be told after tests that they were not the biological parents.
Eli Resnik’s father hopes his story will give other aspiring solo parents reason not to give up hope.
Groundbreaking IVF technology aiming to prevent mitochondrial disease has been given the green light.
Severe cases of a common IVF side effect increased by 40 per cent in just one year as fertility treatments and egg freezing boom in Victoria.
The Australian IVF operator has sealed a takeover deal with UK-based private equity firm CapVest after a bidding war with local investor BGH Capital.