by editormanzanera | Apr 1, 2020 | News
We start a new week and a new stage of the Miniseries solving the mystery that we left open in the previous chapter. What happens when the quality of the seminal sample is not good and we cannot fertilize the eggs using conventional In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)? In...
by editormanzanera | Jun 27, 2019 | News
Mitochondria are organelles or parts of an eukaryotic cell .These organelles produce the energy required to perform the different functions of our body, especially the oocyte which is the motor cell that drives the development of a new human being. Mithochondria are...
by editormanzanera | Nov 7, 2017 | News
What is surrogate pregnancy? Surrogacy is a form of assisted reproduction in which, in addition to the future parents, a female carrier is involved. Pregnancy can be the result of an artificial insemination or an “in vitro” fertilization (IVF) with the...
by editormanzanera | Jul 28, 2017 | News
Although some techniques have been introduced in the last decades to improve the results of in vitro fertilization (IVF) and egg donation, the rate of pregnancies and newborns has increased (being currently between 40 and 50%) but there is still a long way to go until...
by editormanzanera | May 4, 2017 | News
It is the technique used for the extraction of oocytes (eggs) in reproduction treatments, as in in vitro fertilization (IVF). It is a standardized technique and today thousands of punctures are performed daily in the world. Prior to the follicular puncture it is...
by editormanzanera | Feb 21, 2017 | News
For many years, serodiscordant couples (couples in which at least one member suffers from AIDS or Hepatitis) were at risk of transmitting the disease to their partner or to their future child. This meant that most of them chose not to have children. In 1992 Augusto E....
