Better than sex - IVF clinic claims to beat nature at its own game
· Treatment has 30% success in target group
· Risk reduced by avoiding heavy doses of hormones
Scientists have unveiled a new form of IVF which they claim is “better than nature” at getting some women pregnant and does not need high doses of potentially harmful hormones.
The method, which involves harvesting immature eggs and growing them outside the body, reduces the need to pump women with hormones to mature the eggs internally. It has resulted in 400 healthy babies in Denmark and won the backing of Bob Edwards, the British scientist behind the first test-tube baby. more…
From: »The Guardian«