New Study Shows SET Can Improve Success and Reduce Mutliple Births

2008-02-21

A new study published in the BCOJ jurnal shows that using single embryo blastocyst transfer improved success rates and cut down on multiple births in a select group of women. Experts are hoping that this will help encourage some women to opt for SET but at the same time they have called for more NHS funding to be made available to couples to make this a viable option and pointed out that the savings in neo natal care could help pay for the increased funding for fertility treatment. Read the press coverage

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/21/nivf121.xml

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/feb/21/health

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7254973.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7255261.stm

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