- April 16, 2015
PFC's Dr. Philip Chenette Receives Teaching Award From UCSF
PFC's Dr. Philip Chenette received an award from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Services. Con...
Read More - March 30, 2015
Infertility Study Sounds Warning Bell
A recent report published in the journal Fertility and Sterility finds that more individuals may face infertility in their late 30s than previously thought. The study stems from the wel...
Read More - March 25, 2015
More Babies Being Born from IVF
The Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) recently reported an increase in the numbers of babies born with the help of in vitro fertilization (IVF). In 2013, nearly 175,00...
Read More - March 19, 2015
PFC Embryologists Publish Key Findings on the Timing of Embryo Hatching and Pregnancy Rates
Pacific Fertility Center embryologists have, for the first time, described the effect of active embryo expansion and contraction on embryo hatching and pregnancy rates after in vitro fe...
Read More - February 20, 2015
Pacific Fertility Center Announces a Donor Egg Bank Milestone
On February 2, 2015, the Pacific Fertility Egg Bank celebrated its 100th embryo transfer, reaching a significant juncture in the history of the bank, which opened in August of 2012, mak...
Read More - February 12, 2015
PFC Laboratory Group Learns New Vitrification Technology at ASRM
At the ASRM meeting in October in Honolulu, HI, PFC Embryologists sat down for updated vitrification training using a new technology from Cryotech, Japan. Although we have been vitrifyi...
Read More - February 9, 2015
Increased Weight Decreases Success of IVF
In the recent past, more than one research team has reached similar conclusions: A higher body mass index (BMI) leads to lower fertility treatment success rates. Reporting at the 70 th ...
Read More - February 6, 2015
IVF After Tubal Sterilization
1 Recently reported in the journal Contraception , the results are consistent with previous studies looking at similar data. Also known as tubal ligation, tubal sterilization involves c...
Read More - February 3, 2015
Healthier Babies with Newer IVF Techniques
Reporting in the journal Human Reproduction , Scandinavian researchers have found that babies born through assisted reproductive technology (ART) are healthier than ever. 1 The research...
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