Ova magazine
It's been a busy year for the London Women's Clinic(s) and much of what's been happening is reported in our latest issue of 'Ova' magazine.
It was an honour for the whole field of reproduction that the ‘father of IVF’, Robert Edwards, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in October 2010. Bob was a founding scientific director of the LWC and we warmly congratulate him on this much deserved and long overdue honour.
This has also been another momentous year for the London Women’s Clinic; 2009 saw a rising number of patients being treated at the LWC and an equally steady climb in our success rates.
Figures released last year by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) showed the LWC’s Harley Street centre was rated in the top three amongst all UK licensed clinics in terms of IVF success in women up to the age of 35. One innovation which we are now incorporating is a new ultra-rapid freezing technique known as vitrification, which has helped improve the outcome of ‘frozen’ IVF cycles in many studies. We are also taking part in what will be one of the world’s major trials in embryo selection using the latest means of genetic analysis.
You will find information about this and manymore developments at the LWC’s clinics in this issue of ‘Ova’, which we hope you enjoy.
Dr Kamal Ahuja
Scientific and Managing Director, The London Women's Clinic
In the latest issue:
LWC News
LWC congratulates Bob Edwards, Nobel prize winner
Professor Bob Edwards, the father of IVF and the reproductive medicine behind it, has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine.
Special Features
Changing face of family life
Marriage rates in Britain have fallen to their lowest levels since records began; the result is that women of 25 are now more likely to have a child than be married.
Case Studies
Still smiling
An update from Katy Roberts on her successful cycle of egg-sharing.
Clinical Reports
Embryo selection in IVF: the promise of CGH
The selection of IVF embyros by preimplantation genetic screening has so far proved disappointing, but hopes are that a new technique of CGH will overcome many previous problems in embyro screening.
