Health and disease in children born after assistive reproductive therapies (ART)

In-vitro fertilisation (IVF) and other assisted reproductive therapies (ART) offer hope to subfertile couples worldwide. At least 5 million ART children have been born to date. Their health is an issue that is increasingly relevant: first, to those children and young adults themselves; second, to couples considering fertility treatment; and third, to the general population as ART has progressed from experimental treatment to routine practice. Many concerns about the potential risks to these children have been voiced with varying degrees of supportive evidence.

Source: Journal of Reproductive Immunology - August 17, 2014 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Mariyum Hyrapetian, Eva M. Loucaides, Alastair G. Sutcliffe Source Type: research