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Published online 24 October 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news061023-5
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Genes predict IVF success
Unpicking the problems of infertility may help guide treatment.
A battery of genetic tests might soon foretell which women are more likely to become pregnant by in vitro fertilization (IVF) — and which are more likely to face problems and disappointment.
IVF, in which egg and sperm are united in a dish and the resulting embryos are transplanted into the womb, has a notoriously low success rate.
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