Semen secrets: how a previous sexual partner can influence another male’s offspring
Scientists have discovered a new form of non-genetic inheritance, showing for the first time that offspring can resemble a mother’s previous sexual partner – in flies at least.
This confronting idea, known as telegony, dates...
Health Check: how to get pregnant
For couples trying to conceive, the chance of this happening within a year depends on their age. The monthly chance of pregnancy for couples where the woman is 35 years or younger is about 20% and 80-90%...
Babies don’t “start from scratch”
There's now overwhelming evidence that a child's future health is influenced by more than just their parents' genetic material, and that children born of unhealthy parents will already be pre-programmed for greater risk of...
Babies don't "start from scratch"
There's now overwhelming evidence that a child's future health is influenced by more than just their parents' genetic material, and that children born of unhealthy parents will already be pre-programmed for greater risk of...
First study to look at Australians’ use of surrogacy
Research into how Australians use surrogacy shows that most people thinking about it are considering or using overseas compensated arrangements.
The study, published online today in the Medical Journal of Australia, surveyed people considering or already...
New study will discover why women freeze their eggs
A new study will explore the reasons why women freeze their eggs for non-medical reasons.
Researchers from the Jean Hailes Research Unit at Monash University, Melbourne IVF and the University of Melbourne, hope to survey women...
Multiple births don’t have to be an inevitable result of fertility treatments
While fertility treatments have helped many people become parents, they commonly result in multiple births, increasing the risk of prematurity, and leading to lifelong complications. But this doesn’t have to be the case, according...
Female Fertility: What’s Testosterone Got To Do With It?
Several fertility clinics are beginning to administer testosterone, either through a patch or a gel on the skin, to increase the number of eggs produced by certain women undergoing in vitro fertilisation (IVF). Women...
Different eggs in adolescent girls and adult women
Are the eggs produced by adolescent girls the same as the ones produced by adult women? A recent study published in Human Molecular Genetics by Professor Kui Liu from the University of Gothenburg in...
IVF children grow into healthy adults
Young adults conceived through IVF and other assisted reproductive technologies (ART) have grown up as healthy individuals, comparing well to those conceived naturally, the world’s largest study into ART young adults has found.
The study,...
