Single-embryo transfer (SET) is a procedure involving the selective transfer of a single embryo to the uterus.  Here, the embryo transferred might be fresh, or it may be a frozen/cryostored ... Read more

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There is a troubling tendency to consider IVF success and failure purely in terms of achieving a pregnancy (or even birth). In my opinion, this represents a poor yardstick of success. Rather, a ... Read more

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This is the 13th in a series of answers to common questions about failed IVF. Virtually everyone recognizes that pregnancy with multiples (especially triplets or greater) is associated with ... Read more

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The entire debacle surrounding Nadya Suleman and her IVF “Octuplets” raises serious ethical issues. A formal complaint to the California Medical Board was recently filed, resulting in the ... Read more

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With the evolution of new and advanced techniques of in vitro fertilization, resulting in improved embryo implantation and birth rates, there has come about a substantial increase in the rate of ... Read more

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Virtually all physicians who provide assisted reproductive services are highly motivated to optimize IVF success rates. Achievement of this lofty objective is marred by the inability of ... Read more

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Unquestionably, the IVF doctor’s expertise in performing embryo transfer ranks as one of the most important factors that will determine IVF outcome. It takes confidence, dexterity, skill, and ... Read more

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Freezing (cryopreservation) of human embryos has been around since the early 1980s but results have not been good. Conventional cryopreservation is a technique still being widely practiced by ... Read more

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The entire debacle surrounding the recently reported IVF “Octuplets” raises serious ethical issues. At the same time, it sounds an alarm that it is time for all well intended people involved ... Read more

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