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IVF study warns three embryos are too many

Transferring three, not two, embryos does not improve chance of pregnancy.

World now has 5 million test tube people, new estimate

That's since the first IVF baby was born in 1978.

Egg freezing no longer experimental, reproductive specialists’ group says

Egg freezing should no longer be considered an experimental technique to preserve fertility, according to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.

Embryologist Ric Ross holds a dish with human embryos at the La Jolla IVF Clinic in La Jolla, February 28, 2007 in La Jolla, California.

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