Another step in “an explosion of new techniques and ideas for studying early development” of human embryos came last week from Israel. Researchers there have successfully grown mouse embryos for 12 days, which is about half the animal’s natural gestation period. The rough equivalent for a human would be a first-trimestre baby. They published an article […]
A newly published global overview report in the Journal of Human Reproduction has found that the number of twins being born in the last 30 years has increased in all regions of the world. This, in the main, is down to increased access to IVF, fertility treatments and the postponement of having children until later […]