Oct 30, 2017 By: ASRM Origin: ASRM Press Release HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE’S 2017 SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS & EXPO San Antonio, TX- Recruiting and retaining high quality staff is of vital interest to employers. One key to doing so successfully might be ensuring their health insurance plans include offering treatment for infertility. In research released at the 2017 American Society for Reproductive … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2017
Older Men’s Sperm: Worse for the Wear?
Oct 30, 2017 By: ASRM Origin: ASRM Press Release HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE’S 2017 SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS & EXPO San Antonio, TX - Older men may have a more difficult time conceiving children, whether naturally or with assisted reproductive technology. Several groups presented their findings at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine’s Scientific Congress and Expo. Their investigations look at … [Read more...]
Subfertility May be Harbinger of Disease Later in Life
Oct 30, 2017 By: ASRM Origin: ASRM Press Release HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE’S 2017 SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS & EXPO San Antonio, TX - Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania today presented research showing that female infertility patients have a higher risk of death from endocrine related disorders such as diabetes and breast cancer than other women. The study, presented at the American … [Read more...]
Repairing the Embryo: Successful Gene Editing to Repair Mutation in Human Haploid Cells
Oct 30, 2017 By: ASRM Origin: ASRM Press Release HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE’S 2017 SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS & EXPO San Antonio, TX- Today at the Scientific Congress and Expo of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Dr. Dieter Egli and his team from Columbia University announced that they had used CRISPR/CAS9 to edit mutations in haploid human embryonic stem cells. Treating haploid embryonic … [Read more...]