Tag Archives: IVF
On Substack
I have been writing a Substack titled What’s Hot in Fertility? since March 2024. It offers “digestible news and views about reproductive health and science” with excursions into politics and society.If this interests you, please sign up for illustrated posts … Continue reading
Posted in Fertility, Health
Tagged Cancer, Cats and dogs, Embryos, extinction, infertility, IVF, Reproductive health
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Elegy for a Significant Speck (frozen eggs and embryos)
Two American fertility clinics reported freezers failing last month, and had thawed to an undisclosed degree. This rare event shocked hundreds of patients who were storing embryos, eggs and ovarian tissue. Maybe it was the equipment that failed or a … Continue reading
Frozen Eggs Perks as Policy
Ashton Carter announced the Pentagon will make a bigger commitment to family-building for people serving in the military. The package includes new benefits for maternity leave and child care, and even a pilot scheme for egg and sperm freezing. The … Continue reading
Posted in Biomedical, Fertility
Tagged Frozen egg banking, IVF, vitrification
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Howard W. Jones Jr., M.D. (1910-2015)
Our dear friend and mentor died today in Norfolk after a short illness. Lucinda and I were able to exchange a few words and smiles with him in the hospital yesterday. He asked how our children are doing—so typical of … Continue reading
Posted in Biomedical
Tagged Howard W. Jones Jr., In Vitro Fertilization, IVF, Jones Institute
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Dear Jean
Dear Jean I couldn’t leave my students to say farewell. Our friends told me it was one of those miserable days before the daffodils bloom along the Cambridge College Backs: Scots would call it a “dreich day”. Pronounced correctly, everyone … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir
Tagged Cambridge, embryology, Grantchester, IVF, Jean Purdy, Robert_Edwards, Rupert Brooke, science
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Roger musing about Peace with Nature 