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Reproductive medicine, embryology, genetics are sciences that walk alongside. Discoveries in one of them make breakthroughs in the other. Scientific progress is moving forward at such a speed that it is sometimes difficult for an ordinary person to imagine in which direction and how far the next leap will take place. Assisted reproductive technologies, “fertilization in vitro” in particular seemed to be something fantastic no more than 30 to 40 years ago, nowadays it is quite tangible therapy in the treatment of infertility. And new discoveries are definitely exciting even for the most persistent and experienced inhabitants.

The issue of using donor eggs and sperm to solve infertility problems is increasingly put on the agenda. In addition, according to some data when using donor’s oocytes both fresh and vitrified the chance of pregnancy is higher.

Today, a diagnosis of HIV does not always mean the “end”. Life undoubtedly changes but after the first avalanche of stress comes the understanding that it continues. And thanks to the science of antiretroviral therapy people with such a diagnosis live a full life for several decades. And it is clear that HIV-infected men and women are thinking about the possibility of procreation. These days, the wonders of artificial insemination give couples where one or even both partners have a positive HIV status an opportunity to have healthy children.

A thorny path to a chance of having children is sometimes too long for some couples. Sometimes attempts to become pregnant, to solve the problem of infertility take more than a decade. Most countries of the world where assistive reproductive technologies are widely used have certain limits that definitely restrict the upper age of parents. What is the situation with age limitations for ART in Ukraine and in the neighboring Russian Federation?

How soon you can find out the sex of the baby is the only reliable answer: at 9-10 weeks of pregnancy using a non-invasive prenatal test (NIPT) with > accuracy of 99%.