May 6, 2012
NEW STUDY: TEST TUBE BABIES HAVE MORE BIRTH DEFECTS A new study from Australia confirms the long-held belief that babies conceived using in vitro fertilization (IVF) suffer higher rates of birth defects. But it is unclear if the higher rates are due to the jostling and handling of sperm or eggs, or instead due to the fact that the sperm or egg donor suffers from an infertility disorder.