Bethany Muller

An artificial intelligence (AI) system selected the same embryos as an embryologist 69 percent of the time, with no significant difference in clinical pregnancy rate. Researchers from 14 clinics in Australia, Denmark, Sweden and the UK compared pregnancy rates and outcomes from embryos selected using a deep learning AI system, iDA, to those selected using standard assessment of the morphology of the embryo by an embryologist.

An online dashboard featuring data on fertility treatment outcomes in the UK, broken down by region, has been launched by the Human Fertilisation Embryology Authority (HFEA). The dashboard, launched 30 January 2024, provides data from the HFEA's Register collected since 1991. This first-of-its-kind tool allows users to access data from 665,690 assisted reproduction patients who have had 1.8 million IVF and donor insemination cycles.

One in six couples worldwide is affected with infertility at some point during their lives, a report from the World Health Organisation (WHO) based on analysis of research from 1990-2021 has shown. Defining infertility as failing to conceive following 12 months or more of regular, unprotected intercourse, WHO showed that prevalence varied between 17.8 percent for high-income countries and 16.5 percent for low- and middle-income countries.