It goes without saying that quality assurance is an ongoing process in the IVF laboratory setting. Guidance for embryologists on what to monitor, appropriate levels of monitoring and best practice in this area is surprisingly unclear. A good example of this kind of confusion can be found in cryo storage…

Most people haven’t given infertility a second thought, let alone the profession of embryology, until they are unfortunately faced with the need for infertility care. An embryologist is a fertility specialist that helps to create embryos to either be used in IVF right away or to be frozen for later…

We met hundreds of IVF professionals in person to discuss the hands on training programs for IVF nurses, embryologists and andrologists provided by EmbryoDirector / IVF Training Academy, complimentary competency assessments, and real time KPI tracking from ART Compass. Key Performance Indicators are King! When carefully chosen, Key Performance Indicators…

Heather Huhman invited me to discuss epigenetics and infertility for the Beat Infertility Podcast. Below is a transcript, edited a bit for clarity and expanded in some sections. Join the conversation by liking ART Compass on Facebook. What is epigenetics, and how does it differ from genetics? I’m going to…

Dear Lulu and Nana, Welcome to the world, very special girls!!! You are very special, not because of your DNA, but simply because you are human. While you will (likely) hold the distinction of being the world’s first CRISPR gene edited children, it is your humanity that makes your arrival…

This article was first published in Fertility and Sterility. All of my gay friends have gotten married in the last few years, and are now looking to the next step: starting a biological family. Gay marriage has been legal in the entire US since 2015, and in individual states since…

Today, I have seen dozens of moms share “Breakfast With a Dose of Roundup?” an article from the Environmental Working Group that claims RoundUp has been found in kid’s cereal. This is an old claim that dates back to at least 2016, when I last wrote about this topic. Recently…

Watch my full address here. https://youtu.be/QW2TU3p7uyA Originally published at Genetic Literacy Project One day in early spring, I received a unique email. Would I accept an invitation from Oxford University’s student debate society, the Oxford Union, to participate in a debate on human genetic engineering? I was to argue in…