'Test tube baby' pioneer Robert Edwards diesRobert Edwards, a British Nobel prize-winning scientist known as the father of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) for pioneering the development of "test tube babies", died on Wednesday aged 87 after a long illness, his uni More… |
DHA unit to sponsor fertility treatmentsThe Dubai Gynecology and Fertility Centre (DGFC), a highly specialised centre of the Dubai health Authority (DHA), will sponsor fertility treatments needed by Emirati couples who are facing infertility problems. Known as the &lsqu More… |
Bahrain in new bid to check genetic disordersAbout 15,000 new-born babies at two of Bahrain's main hospitals will be screened for genetic and metabolic disorders within the next two years, said a senior official. Led by diagnostic services managing director Dr Jamal Golbahar of n More… |
IVF success for Bahrain hospitalTwin Bahraini boys are the first babies to be born through the Bahrain Specialist Hospital's (BSH) In-Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) programme. Faris and Saif Yacoob were born on October 15 at the hospital in Juffair. Faris weighed in a More… |








