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IVF technique could boost number of live births by 80%
by Jane Hesketh
Fertility specialists have developed a new technique which could boost the number of live births through IVF to between 70 and 80%.
Read the full storyIVF treatment: Nottingham specialists' new technique could increase odds of having a healthy baby
Fertility specialists in Nottingham have developed a new technique which could increase the number of IVF couples having a healthy baby, by more than 50%.
Embryos that are created in the lab are closely monitored using digital photography.
Technicians can then see which ones have developed well, and are more likely to result in a healthy baby.
They say it is the biggest scientific advance in IVF technology since the first test tube baby was born in 1978.
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– Spokesperson for The Co-operative FoodOn Thursday 16 May, at 9:45pm, three armed and masked men entered our store on Mansfield Road in Sherwood. They threatened staff, but failed in an attempt to steal cash and left empty-handed.
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Fertility experts at the Care Fertility Clinic in Nottingham have developed a new technique that could boost the chances of IVF couples having a healthy baby.
Doctors say the procedure, which involves digital imaging of embryos, could raise live birthrates at their clinic to 78% - three times higher than the average.
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