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More than 13 million people worldwide owe their lives to in vitro fertilization (IVF), according to the first estimates of their kind. Since the original ‘test tube’ baby was born in 1978, the number of children brought into the world by IVF technologies – collectively known as assisted reproductive technology (ART) – has exploded into the millions. Today, an ART-conceived …

Tyra Banks has been infusing Today With Jenna & Friends with some much-needed chaos and energy as this week’s guest host. During Tuesday’s (July 29) broadcast, Banks and Jenna Bush Hager were discussing lingerie when Banks unexpectedly grilled Bush Hager on whether she’s ever worn lingerie. The former model had revealed one of the unexpected perks of being a legendary …

“Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.” Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The first babies with three biological parents were born out of a new technique to prevent mitochondrial disease. The nucleus of an egg fertilized in vitro was transferred into a donor egg without a nucleus, but …

Scientists discover less invasive way to collect babies’ stem cells  The Washington Post Source link

Surrogates have a greater chance of being newly diagnosed with a mental illness during and after pregnancy than women who carry their own offspring, researchers have found. In addition, regardless of how they conceived, women with a previous record of mental illness were found to have a higher risk of being diagnosed with such conditions during and after pregnancy than …

One Jab. 72% Fewer Sick Babies.  SciTechDaily Social Factors Affect Access to RSV Prophylaxis in Children  Medscape Sanofi touts real-world Beyfortus data as Merck & Co.’s RSV rival enters field  FirstWord Pharma Premature babies in UK to be immunised against winter virus RSV  BBC Single-injection nirsevimab to protect premature babies against RSV to be rolled out  Hospital Healthcare Europe Source link

“They Were Born Disease-Free”: UK Scientists Use Three-Parent IVF to Deliver 8 Healthy Babies and Eliminate Deadly Genetic Disorders  Rude Baguette Researchers announce babies born from a trial of three-person IVF  MIT Technology Review Babies made using three people’s DNA are born free of hereditary disease  BBC The babies born with DNA from three parents – podcast  The Guardian How a third parent’s DNA …

Philippa Roxby Health reporter University Hospital Southampton Ceri Cox’s two-year-old son Harry took part in a trial of the injection Thousands of premature babies in the UK can now be protected against a common winter virus which can cause a dangerous lung infection, and sometimes kill. The injection will provide them “with a protective bubble” against RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) …

LONDON – A pioneering IVF technique combining DNA from three people to protect a baby from a rare genetic disease has been used in Britain, leading to a healthy cohort of eight babies with no sign of serious disease, scientists said Wednesday. Four girls and four boys, including one set of twins, were born healthy after scientists used the treatment …

The procedure, known as mitochondrial donation treatment (MDT), is not a step towards ‘designer babies’ but a targeted medical intervention designed to stop incurable diseases from being passed from mother to child. Last Updated : 18 July 2025, 15:54 IST Source link