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Do Fertility Treatments Cause Birth Defects? Researchers Find Answers

AP | MARILYNN MARCHIONE | Posted 05.07.2012 | Parents
Read More: In-Vitro Ferltilization, Male Infertility, Test Tube Babies, Research About Fertility, Icsi, Infertility, Birth Defects Caused by Fertility Treatments, Assisted Reproduction, Pregnancy, Birth Defects, Ivf, Fertility Treatment Risks, Fertility Treatment, Parents News

-- Test-tube babies have higher rates of birth defects, and doctors have long wondered: Is it because of certain fertility treatments or infertility ...

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How to Tame Wild Sperm

Randi Hutter Epstein, MD, MPH | Posted 06.30.2012 | Science
Read More: Embryology, Infertility, Icsi, Sperm, Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection, Video, Science News
Randi Hutter Epstein, MD, MPH

I whacked sperm the other day. In a scientific sort of way. I was in an embryology lab using a microscope to spot them and a skinny pipette to bop them on their heads. My job: to stop a few sperm in their tracks as if I were a real embryologist capturing one and cramming it into an egg.

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