News tagged with reproduction rate
Threats to freshwater mussels and the consequences for ecosystems
At the University of Oklahoma's Aquatic Research Facility in Norman, zoologist Caryn Vaughn shows off freshwater mussels that she's recently collected from rivers in the southeastern part of the state. One river alone may ...
Mar 13, 2012 |
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Early growth trajectories have long-term effects on fitness, study finds
(PhysOrg.com) -- Food supply and environmental conditions affect the growth rates of organisms, which in turn influence future survival and reproduction. A new study by researchers at the University of California, ...
Oct 28, 2011 |
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Europe leads the world in assisted-reproduction technology
Europe leads the world in Assisted Reproduction Technology (ART) with most cycles initiated in the region, the 26th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology heard today.
Jun 30, 2010 |
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Is IVF good value for money? Why funding of assisted reproduction is sound fiscal policy
Children conceived by medically assisted reproduction (MAR) have fiscal implications for government both in terms of future government spending and tax revenue. Based on public funding to conceive a MAR child -- after factoring ...
Jun 09, 2010 |
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Mother bats expert at saving energy
In order to regulate their body temperature as efficiently as possible, wild female bats switch between two strategies depending on both the ambient temperature and their reproductive status. During pregnancy ...
Feb 10, 2010 |
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In vitro pregnancy rates improve with new device that mimics motions in the body
(PhysOrg.com) -- Gently rocking embryos while they grow during in vitro fertilization (IVF) improves pregnancy rates in mice by 22 percent, new University of Michigan research shows. The procedure could one ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 18, 2010 |
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Hope for men with nonobstructive infertility
It has been thought that men with non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA), a lack of sperm in the semen not caused by an obstruction within the reproductive system, are poor candidates for IVF. Now, researchers writing in the open ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 03, 2009 |
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China sends panda expert to Taiwan to aid breeding
(AP) -- Nothing like a little time apart to rekindle the affections that could lead to a baby panda.
Nov 08, 2009 |
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Single thawed embryo transfer after PGD does not affect pregnancy rates
Transferring just one embryo at a time to a woman's womb after embryos have undergone preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and freezing at the blastocyst stage has become a real option after researchers achieved pregnancy ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Daily sex helps to reduce sperm DNA damage and improve fertility
Daily sex (or ejaculating daily) for seven days improves men’s sperm quality by reducing the amount of DNA damage, according to an Australian study presented today (Tuesday) to the 25th annual meeting of the European Society ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Study reveals conflict between doctors, midwives over homebirth
Two Oregon State University researchers have uncovered a pattern of distrust - and sometimes outright antagonism - among physicians at hospitals and midwives who are transporting their home-birth clients to the hospital because ...
May 11, 2009 |
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Anxiety and depression do not affect pregnancy and treatment cancellation rates
Anxiety and depression before and during fertility treatment does not affect the likelihood of a woman becoming pregnant or of her cancelling her treatment, according to a study published in Europe's leading reproductive ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 29, 2009 |
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