DENVER -- After 2017 guidelines recommended single embryo transfer in most situations, the multiple birth rate dropped by 58%, according to a large national registry study. Moreover, single embryo ...

As a practicing physician-scientist, Dr. Grifo has extensive experience in the treatment of couples with infertility. Since August 1995, Dr. Grifo has been the director of the division of reproductive ...

The American Society for Reproductive Medicine, one of the largest fertility organizations in the United States, offers non-legally enforceable recommended guidelines encouraging fertility clinics to ...

Current ASRM practice guidelines recommend single embryo transfer (SET) in the majority of clinical settings. However, a number of multiple embryo transfers (MET), commonly linked to multiple ...

As the case of the so-called Octomom continues to spur outrage and debate over the use of in vitro fertilization (IVF) in the U.S., new research suggests that the most effective and inexpensive IVF ...

The number of twins and triplets born can vary significantly between IVF clinics, new data shows, but experts warn that ...

Monozygotic twinning itself after elective single embryo transfer is uncommon, occurring in no more than roughly 3% of cases.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) would rather have twins -- and accept the risks that can come with a multiple pregnancy -- than not become pregnant at all, a ...

More women are having just one embryo transferred per cycle of fertility treatment to get pregnant, according to research presented at the 39 th annual meeting of the European Society of Human ...