More than eight million babies born from IVF since the birth of the world's first test tube in 1978 – Brinkwire

More than eight million people have been born with IVF since its first use 40 years ago, according to research.

Louise Brown, the first test-tube baby in the world, was born on July 25, 1978 at Oldham General Hospital in Greater Manchester

Since then, millions of families around the world have used in vitro fertilization. a laboratory instead of the inside of his body – to conceive children.

It is used as a method of conception for couples when the man or the woman is infertile.

and Spain and Russia have the highest rates of IVF in Europe

Approximately 36% of women in Europe who have IVF or similar treatment become pregnant, and about 14% of women in the US. between them have twins.

In vitro fertilization, where a woman's egg is removed from her ovary and fertilized with a sperm in a laboratory, may be available on the NHS or may be paid for privately.

Another advanced fertility treatment is intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), in which sperm is injected In vitro fertilization, Louise Brown's in vitro design was conducted by the reproductive biologist of Cambridge, Robert Edwards, later founder of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE)

. Today, 40 years later, an international committee reports that the total number of babies born from in vitro fertilization and other advanced fertility treatments is more than eight million

established from data collected between 1991 and 2014, represents a sharp increase in the use of IVF in the treatment of infertility.

It is estimated that more than half a million babies are born each year from IVF and ICSI – known as assisted reproductive technologies – and over two million cycles of treatment are attempted.

The figure was announced at a congress in Spain by the International ART Monitoring Committee.

Dr. David Adamson said: "After [the] the annual collection of global IVF data, it is estimated that since the birth of Louise Brown in 1978, more than eight million babies have been born from the IVF in the world. "

[19659002] In Europe, Spain remains the most active country in assisted reproduction.

The European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) found that 119,875 cycles of treatment were recorded in Spain in 2015.

Russia (110,723 cycles), followed by Germany (96,512) and ex-France (93,918) [19659002] The cycles followed by ESHRE include IVF, ICSI and egg donation treatments.

The report covers nearly 800,000 cycles of treatment practiced in Europe in 2015, of which 157,449 babies were born

The total number of cycles now increases by about seven percent per year, and the number of cycles in the world is expected to increase. ESHRE has registered nearly nine million cycles since its inception in 1997. nd saw more than 1.6 million children born.

Dr. Christian de Geyter of ESHRE says s figures do not include the UK, which usually performs about 60,000 treatments a year.

Results show that clinics in Europe continue to promote ICSI on IVF of about ICSI was developed in the early 1990s as a specific treatment for male infertility – low sperm count, mediocre sperm quality – but is now used for fertilization in non-male cases.

Pregnancy rates, measured by embryo transfer, are about 36% for IVF and ICSI in Europe

Pregnancy rates are higher with the five-day old embryos, known as blastocysts that with the three days. The pregnancy rates due to egg donation continue to increase and are currently around 50%, according to the results.

The figure shows that the twin pregnancy rate continues to fall in Europe, in 2015 to about 14%.

Similarly, the rate of single embryo transfers continues to increase – from 11% in 1997 to 38% in 2015.

Dr. de Geyter adds, "Success rates are are stabilized, although the

"However, the biggest upward movement comes from treatments with frozen eggs, which were revolutionized by the widespread introduction of vitrification."

The Embryo freezing is also

All embryos in 15 percent of all treatment cycles monitored in 2015 were frozen before being thawed and transferred into a subsequent cycle.

The adoption of the 'freeze-all' approach increased by seven percent.

The freezing of embryos would also explain the increase in egg donation treatments, no doubt made possible by egg banking and greater availability of donor eggs.

Dr. de Geyter noted that the availability of sted reproductive treatment remains highly fragmented in Europe, with Denmark and Belgium each offering over 2,500 treatment cycles per million population, while others – like Austria and Italy – offer considerably less.

A study calculated that treatments were about 1500 cycles per million population per year.

Dr. de Geyer added: "Only a minority of European countries meet this need."

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