IVF
A new test for IVF embryos
Fertility researchers are developing a new way of testing IVF embryos that have too many chromosomes. Video, Audio
Our Changing World for 4 March 2021
Developing a new test for detecting IVF embryos carrying too many chromosomes, and what past and present glaciers can tell us about climate. Audio
How AI can test embryo viability and out with science 'manels'
Science commentator, Associate Professor Dr Siouxsie Wiles, joins Kathryn to discuss how a new AI approach can identify with great accuracy whether a 5-day-old IVF human embryo will progress to a… Audio
61-year-old woman gives birth for son & his partner
A United States woman who gave birth to her granddaughter says advances in senior health and modern medicine allowed her to carry the child despite having already gone through menopause. Jillian… Video, Audio
Traditional pregnancy a thing of the past?
Dr Jeanne Snelling from the University of Otago's Bioethics Centre and Faculty of Law, discuses the rapid developments in fertility treatments and their ethical considerations. She is the lead author… Audio
Three-parent babies approved in UK
Babies made from two women and one man have been approved by the UK's fertility regulator.
Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles
This week, science commentator Dr Siouxsie Wiles tells us all about using plants to mop up chemical pollutants and reveal how much carbon dioxide is being produced by power plants and talks about a… Audio
Inconceivable - Dr Andrew Murray
Inconceivable is a six-part documentary series, that follows the hopes and struggles of eight couples, who are trying to conceive, by IVF. Dr Andrew Murray from Fertility Associates in Wellington… Audio
'Women given false hope about IVF'
A professor who pioneered egg freezing says the IVF industry is giving women false hope about their real chances of having a baby.
Australia asks whether IVF parents may choose child's sex
In Australia experts are about to grapple with the vexed question of whether parents conceiving through in-vitro fertilisation should be allow to choose the child's sex. Already couples have been… Audio
International surrogacy
The demand for cross border surrogacy is booming, with people travelling overseas to avoid local laws prohibiting payment for surrogate mothers. Australian Sam Everingham went through the process… Audio
IVF Babies
Professor Daniel Brison is conducting a study looking at IVF babies to assess their long term health compared to naturally conceived babies. Audio