Knowing how to assess embryo quality is a significant factor in the laboratories of assisted human reproduction because this knowledge helps to select the embryos that have high implantation potential and can evolve into a successful pregnancy. Some years ago, this...

Nurses base their practice on scientific evidence. On numerous occasions, we as nurses cannot receive the acknowledgement of their findings as our own and must turn to the studies carried out by other disciplines to focus on our praxis. Therefore, it is our...

In surrogate motherhood, a woman with no fertility issues and in an altruistic form receives the embryos of a couple who for multiple reasons cannot carry a baby to term. This child is given to their parents at birth. The couples that would benefit from surrogate...

Cocaine is an alkaloid extracted from a coca plant. It is usually consumed mixed with diverse adulterated substances like talc, flour, amphetamines, detergents, formol and other products. The purity of the substance reaches between 5-50% and depends on the ingredients...

Assisted reproduction is a broad field with terminology that patients must learn to understand all the processes involved in their treatment. If you already started treatment or plan to go through one, this article can help you to understand some of the basic concepts...

In 2001, Steven Spielberg produced a film through which the term “artificial intelligence” was introduced. This film told us about the distant future where robots controlled by artificial intelligence eased life for humans. This future is now, and AI is developing in...

When a couple comes to Manzanera Fertility Clinic and it is decided that they need to opt for the gametes of a donor (oocytes, sperm, or both of them), the major worry of the couple is the physical similarity of the future child with them. As determined by the current...

It is believed that environmental factors may create toxic environments which can affect reproduction. The possible outcomes can be bad functioning of gonads (ovaries and testicles), genital malformations, endometriosis, formation of fibroids in the uterus, premature...

Technologies advance rapidly – all of us can observe that daily. These advances do not escape the assisted reproduction field either. One of the techniques which evolved the most in the past few years is the preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD). It consists of the...

One of the possible treatments in assisted reproduction centres is egg donation or, scientifically, oocyte donation. In this treatment, apart from the receptor (a woman who receives the embryo transfer), a second woman comes into play – a donor who will provide...

Diet is one of the key factors in embryo and foetus development. A deficient diet produces adverse effects both in natural and assisted reproduction. Although there are studies in animal research, the results in human populations are scarce and sometimes...