{"id":2908,"date":"2014-06-23T11:50:53","date_gmt":"2014-06-23T11:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/?p=2908"},"modified":"2014-06-23T11:50:53","modified_gmt":"2014-06-23T11:50:53","slug":"new-approach-to-reproduction-5727","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/new-approach-to-reproduction-5727\/","title":{"rendered":"New Approach to Reproduction -5727"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although infertility<\/a> is a growing and massive problem across the globe, not least in the West, experts are beginning to take a different tact.<\/p>\n

To date, infertility has been treated as something of a problem, separate from the overall idea of human reproduction. However, some experts believe this approach is missing a trick. They believe that it is the question of reproduction as a whole that should be discussed.<\/p>\n

In other words, infertility shouldn\u2019t be focused on at the expense of other areas such as family planning.<\/p>\n

This new approach seems to be paying off as well, since a group of researchers in South Africa believe they have come up with an idea which could help in egg fertilisation.<\/p>\n

South Africa has a particular problem, in that infertility is still considered a woman\u2019s problem. For example, there are cases where in-laws have demanded back what would be described as a dowry in the West, if a couple don\u2019t produce a child within a particular expected time frame.<\/p>\n

As a consequence, a Belgian obstetrician decided to investigate. He found that facilities to help people in South Africa were woefully inadequate.<\/p>\n

Dr. Willem Ombelet also believes that the problem is not necessarily one of infertility alone, but a lack of understanding about the whole area of human reproduction. He came to the conclusion that infertility should not be isolated from other areas such as family planning.<\/p>\n

So, what is Dr Willem Ombelet\u2019s approach?<\/p>\n

He\u2019s dubbed it \u2018IVF in a shoebox\u2019.<\/p>\n

The idea behind this new technique is to help couples who traditionally have to use established IVF facilities, but are unable to do so because of cost.<\/p>\n

\u2018IVF in a shoebox\u2019 also has an added advantage in that the embryos can be contained safely inside a small machine (the size of a shoebox) that protects them while travelling long distances.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s more, and perhaps the most important factor, is the cost per IVF treatment cycle is drastically reduced to around \u00a3159.<\/p>\n

The technique is being rolled out in South Africa at the moment but it is hoped that it will be available in the UK later this year.<\/p>\n

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