2023-04-27 19:36:00
The automation of processes affects branches of industry, communication, creativity and also health. In this last field, the new proof of this is that the first babies were born fertilized in vitro with the help of a robotic needle to inject sperm into eggs. The procedure was done at the New Hope Fertility Center in New York. The two healthy embryos became two girls.
The process, reports the MIT Technology Review, might reduce the cost of IVF by thousands of dollars, considering that the average cost of a baby through this process is $83,000 in the United States, considering expenses with medication and more than one attempt. About 500,000 children are born through these assisted reproduction techniques.
In the case, a remotely controlled needle and a camera were used to penetrate the eggs in a Petri dish – which, in the future, might reduce expenses with top embryologists. The technology might one day eliminate the need for patients to visit a fertility clinic, says Santiago Munné, chief geneticist at the Spanish company Overture Life, which developed the robot. He believes that the fertilization process might one day be automated and performed by gynecologists.
At least half a dozen other start-ups have similar goals, including AutoIVF, IVF 2.0, Conceivable Life Sciences, which aim to tap into the $25 billion IVF industry. The goal, says the company, is to reduce the cost of procedures by 70%, increasing success rates and reducing the cost of procedures with the help of robotics.
In this first successful trial, donated eggs were delivered free of charge to patients and implanted in the mother’s uterus following high-tech fertilization.
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