Tag Archives: In Vitro Fertilization

What’s Hot in Fertility?

Posted on June 14, 2024 by Roger Gosden

This blog has a nature theme, but the author also publishes news and views about reproductive medicine and science in long form on Substack. Please consider subscribing (it’s free) by clicking on the link if you are interested in digestible … Continue reading →

Posted in Fertility, Nature | Tagged contraception, fertility medicine, In Vitro Fertilization | 2 Comments

Demography of IVF and World Population

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Roger Gosden

Predicting the future is fickle, as Stephen Hawking once observed: “it exists only as a spectrum of possibilities.” And, yet, divining the future is irresistible and physicists strive to forecast the future of stars, black holes and climate. Biologists are … Continue reading →

Posted in Assisted reproductive technology, Biomedical, Fertility | Tagged In Vitro Fertilization, Louise Brown, Stephen Hawking, test tube baby, world population | Comments Off

Jean Purdy_Remembering a Pioneer

Posted on October 14, 2017 by Roger Gosden

Some of the most absorbing stories I ever read were from historians and biographers when they bring to light the lives of forgotten pioneers and heroes. On the rare occasions my writing and research can cast a light on a … Continue reading →

Posted in Assisted reproductive technology, Fertility, Memoir, Other | Tagged Hidden Figures, In Vitro Fertilization, Jamestown Island, Margot Lee Shetterly | Comments Off

Who’s Afraid of Artificial Gametes (Eggs and Sperm)?

Posted on September 10, 2016 by Roger Gosden

In the dystopic Brave New World of Aldous Huxley, he did not add artificial gametes to the bevy of reproductive technologies for replacing natural fertility in his future World State. Nevertheless, they might find a place one day for helping … Continue reading →

Posted in Assisted reproductive technology, Fertility, Health | Tagged Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, embryo stem cells, In Vitro Fertilization, iPS cells, Kyoto University, Paul Ehrlich, Raelian cult, Reproductive cloning | 1 Comment

In memoriam – Howard W. Jones, Jr. M.D. (1910-2015)

Posted on July 31, 2016 by Roger Gosden

FROM SUN TO SHINING SEA Dr. Howard Jones passed away a year ago today in his 105th year. The following is extracted from the prologue I wrote for “Howard & Georgeanna” (2015) to remind us of our loss. Since pioneer days, very … Continue reading →