Intra-Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection: In-Vitro Technique Raises Autism Risk
Wednesday, July 3, 2013 - 18:20
in Health & Medicine
About 5 million children worldwide have been born by IVF since 1978, and 1.4 percent of total births in the U.S. annually and as many as 4.4 percent in western Europe result from the procedure, according to government and industry figures. Across all types of IVF procedures, compared with spontaneous pregnancies, a study found no increase in the risk of autism, but in one type there was.Intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection, in which a sperm surgically extracted from the testes is injected directly into an egg before being transplanted to the womb, was associated with an increased risk of autism and mental disability in children, compared with standard methods. read more