One of the things that we would all likely to see happen in the world of infertiity treatment is an increase in the number of successful treatments. It's difficult enough to have to go through the process of using IVF to conceive; the difficulty is exacerbated greatly when the results of the procedure are unsuccessful. Of course, we'll never reach a one hundred percent success rate but it's important to strive towards getting as close to that as possible to reduce the stress and strain of IVF for families.
It is believed that a new "fitness test" for embryos could significantly increase the success rate of IVF. Surprisingly, it is a simple one-minute long test that can be done during the rest of IVF testing. It allows doctors to select only the healthiest embryos for use in the procedure. Studies indicate that this simple test may increase IVF success rates by as much as fifteen percent. It is expected to start being used in the UK next year.
Read the whole story about this from The Guardian.
Question of the Day: What else should we do to increase IVF success rates?
