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

In vitro fertilisation (IVF), which emerged only 35 years ago and is still advancing, offers hope to the estimated 10% of couples worldwide considered subfertile (Boivin et al., 2007; Shufaro and Laufer, 2013). There is little doubt as to the important role that assisted reproductive therapies (ART) play in modern society: Robert Edwards, who pioneered IVF, was awarded a Nobel Prize in 2010, and IVF has been suggested to be one of the six most important medical inventions (Table 1).

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