The number of pregnant Thai women infected with AIDS slightly increased with 720 cases reported in about 800,000 pregnancies in 2006, according to the latest Ministry of Public Health survey.

Measures are urgently needed to protect pregnant women because of its implication on Thailand's reproduction rate, said Deputy Public Health Minister Dr. Morakot Kornkasem, adding that 1,440 couples could be infected with the deadly virus annually

Scientists at Cornell University have achieved a breakthrough in the field of male infertility by cloning sperm cells. The process, which involves duplication of the genetic material of mouse sperm, is used to fertilise female eggs.

This controversial new technique of artificial replication of the male genome is seen as the ray of hope for men with very low sperm counts. Although it could be years before the method is used on human beings, the researchers say that the new method targets to improve the chances of fertilising an egg with a man's own sperm

A study has found that carrying out pre-implantation genetic diagnosis in older women undergoing in-vitro fertilization (IVF) reduced their chances of becoming pregnant. Screening of embryos for defects is often carried out in embryos of older women before being implanted into the womb.

According to a study presented Wednesday at a Lyon meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, pregnancy and live birth rates were relatively lower among women whose embryos were screened compared with those whose were not

A study has found that the women who try alternative therapies while trying to conceive through in-vitro fertilization (IVF) are 20 percent less likely to conceive than the women who use conventional medicines alone.

Research presented Wednesday at a Lyon meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology examined the impact of alternative therapies such as such as reflexology and herbal supplement on 800 Danish women

In an attempt to let her 7-year-old daughter share the blessings of motherhood in the future, a Canadian mother has frozen some of her eggs should her daughter's genetic disorder make her infertile as an adult.

It is the first ever medical case of its kind and a Canadian medical the ethics committee has given its authorization for the extraction of the eggs, which will be kept frozen for years to come