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Adoption scam and trafficking

Eleven Irish couples caught up in an alleged adoption scam in Mexico have been left devastated by the affair. While the lawyer at the centre of the baby trafficking plot remains on the run, the families who returned home last weekend have insisted they believed they were acting legally. Trafficking ...

Three person IVF consultation

So-called "three-person IVF" replaces defective genetic material in the egg to stop genetic diseases being passed from mother to child in order to eliminate rare mitochondrial diseases. Inherited defects Mitochondria can be found within almost every human cell, and provide the energy they need to function, much like a ...

IVF method may reduce multiple births and increase success

Using an advanced imaging technique, researchers are now able to track movements inside the egg during stimulation when the egg is fertilized. The new technique may increase success rates of In vitro fertilization and reduce the number of multiple births. Results of the study were published in the journal Fertility ...

Khloe and Kim Kardashian To Adopt?

Kim Kardashian and Khloe Kardashian are apparently considering adoption. With their sister Kourtney Kardashian pregnant with her second child, it seems that Kim and Khloe are looking into adoption. Khloe Kardashian IVF Khloe and her husband Lamar Odom would like a large family, but after almost two years of trying, the impatient ...

Couple win battle for NHS IVF funding

A couple denied IVF treatment on the NHS have won their appeal. Previously Portsmouth PCT stated they were not eligible to access state-funded IVF, and so would have to turn to private providers Previous child The couple, who had been trying for a baby for three years, were told they did ...