How Close Are We to the End of Infertility?

Advances in stem cell research could change what it means to reproduce. Are we ready for the next revolution in baby-making science? » Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker » Watch more How Close Are We | http://bit.ly/HCAWplaylist » Follow Olivia on Instagram: instagram.com/OliviaPavcoG Infertility affects approximately 12% of couples trying to conceive a child today, and it is a problem that does not have a simple solution. But imagine if anyone who wanted to have a child could conceive a healthy baby easily—with modern tools, technologies, and therapies on the horizon the end of infertility could be in sight. When it comes to medical options for heterosexual patients experiencing infertility, there is a long list of options available, depending on their diagnosis, including optimization of intercourse, hormone therapy, intrauterine insemination, and IVF. IVF, or in-vitro fertilization, is when the egg and sperm are combined in a lab and then the resulting fertilized embryo is implanted in a woman’s uterus. But for some, none of these options is enough and so researchers on the cutting edge of stem cell biology around the globe are researching and discovering clues about the causes of infertility and might be paving the way for a method of reproduction that does not need eggs or sperm at all. Instead it relies on induced pluripotent stem cells. Find out more about the future of fertility, the possible end to infertility, and what it could mean on this episode of How Close Are We? #Infertility #IVF #Health #Reproduction #Fertility #Future #HowCloseAreWe #Seeker #Science ____________________ Read More: Science is Getting Us Closer to the End of Infertility https://www.wired.com/story/reverse-infertility/ "How soon before humans have children using IVG? Hayashi, one of the Japanese scientists, guesses it will take five years to produce egg-like cells from other human cells, with another 10 to 20 years of testing before doctors and regulat