Talk:In vitro fertilisation

Possible topics to discuss:

• age - maternal age and decreasing change of conception ^[1]
• update success, average cost, insurance coverage, age caps, other guidelines in USA
• find citation for Israel data - added to Israel section
• drugs that are used in vitro fertilization
• drug side effects, DDI, monitoring, - or add links to drugs
• fertilisation vs fertilization? - added this but it got removed

JVIDUYA (talk) 20:13, 1 August 2019 (UTC)

Do the group’s edits substantially improve the article as described in the Wikipedia peer review “Guiding framework”?

• The team added some helpful statistics regarding success of IVF in older populations.
  

Has the group achieved its overall goals for improvement?
Goals were to address:

• age - maternal age and decreasing change of conception - Team 5b added information regarding outcomes of IVF at or over a certain age (more difficult and higher chance of adverse events).
  
• update success, average cost, insurance coverage, age caps, other guidelines in USA
  
• find citation for Israel data - added to Israel section
  
• drugs that are used in vitro fertilization
  
• drug side effects, DDI, monitoring, - or add links to drugs - Did not address drug drug interactions or drug side effects as their original goal stated
  
• fertilisation vs fertilization? -
  
• Team 5b added: Updated the availability of IVF in different countries: age restriction, funding, statistics for USA with citation.
  

Does the draft submission reflect a neutral point of view? If not, specify…

• Group 5B edited the article with a neutral point of view. The language they used did not contain any positive/negative or biased tones. Christinewmin (talk) 21:41, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
  

Are the points included verifiable with cited secondary sources that are freely available? If not, specify…

• Team 5b added 4 new references to this article. All references seem to be appropriate and support the added content. Mlomanto (talk) 16:57, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
  

Are the edits formatted consistent with Wikipedia’s manual of style? If not, specify…

Is there any evidence of plagiarism or copyright violation? If yes, specify…

• I searched their edits in Google and did not find any plagiarism. Great! Kshim054 (talk) 16:56, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
  

Someone has just added a section headed "Laboratory Requirements", consisting of a list of requirements for environmental control etc. It is completely unreferenced, and it is all very general stuff that could apply to almost any biomedical research or clinical facility. It does not apply particularly to IVF. I think it should be deleted. I was going to go ahead and delete it (WP:BOLD), but I thought perhaps I should mention it here first. Anyone agree with me? SNALWIBMA ( talk - contribs ) 07:21, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

• I have gone ahead and deleted it. SNALWIBMA ( talk - contribs ) 06:58, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

The article is sprinkled with the word "people" instead of "women". Is this really necessary? I don't wish to offend anyone, but it seems unnecessary, and in some places misleading. There is even an instance of "In comparison with people, men showed less deterioration in mental health ..." - which is frankly stupid. Thoughts? SNALWIBMA ( talk - contribs ) 16:49, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 29 August 2022 and 21 December 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): AuroraRynda (article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by AuroraRynda (talk) 13:37, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

These two terms have just been inserted wholesale into the article in place of "women", on the grounds of inclusivity. I contend that they are not inclusive terms, just gobbledegook. They are obscure. They do not clarify the meaning but conceal it. I have reinstated "woman" and "women". Before my edit is reversed, could we please discuss? SNALWIBMA ( talk - contribs ) 16:56, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

I'm inclined to agree. By and large, those participating in IVF are women, as opposed to transmen. I'm in support of the coverage in the article about the use of IVF by trans and GNC individuals, but the language used in the lead needs to make the core principles of IVF clear and use clear terms. cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 19:16, 23 December 2022 (UTC)

Main article is inaccurate. Needs fixing. To much propaganda not enough facts.

can somebody please change the article to reflect the scientific consensus, facts & evidence.

Edwards did not invent ivf, it was an Australia who invented & developed In Vetro fertilisation. It was Australian Professor Alan Trounson & Australian scientists at the CSIRO.

Commencing in the late 1960s, NHMRC-funded researchers at Monash University and other research centres in Melbourne began creating in vitro fertilisation (IVF) technologies and developed them into robust medical procedures that are now used worldwide.

Australian Professor Alan Trounson & Australian scientists at the CSIRO.

Although Edwards and Steptoe achieved the first IVF pregnancy and birth in 1978, the majority of pioneering developments in IVF during the eighties came from Australia.

They included the world's first donor egg pregnancy, the first frozen embryo pregnancy and the first IVF multiple pregnancies.

Australia also produced the first national guidelines for IVF practices, the first statute legislation protecting donor gamete pregnancies, and Victoria proclaimed the first statute legislation regarding control of IVF procedures.

The reporting of the outcome of all IVF pregnancies began in 1980 as another world initiative.

https://amp.abc.net.au/article/11964830

I would edit page myself but I don’t wanna make an error an mess up the main page. Cheers for the help. 49.178.92.215 (talk) 07:03, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

Most of the things that you are mentioning here are too deep into the detail for this page... but some of them might fit in on the History of in vitro fertilisation page, if properly sourced. You will also find that Professor Trounson is named there more than once.. -- Nat Gertler (talk) 14:55, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

Can somebody please add the following link’s to articles. thanks I don’t wanna mess up the code as I can’t do it myself. ( to old ) cheers.

Alan Trounson named one of most influential scientists in ever.

https://www.cirm.ca.gov/about-cirm/newsroom/press-releases/03142013-stem-cell-agency-president-named-one-most-influential/

Alan Trounson 49.178.92.215 (talk) 07:35, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

That is not a sufficient source for this information. A press release of an organization announcing an honor for their president is not what we consider a third-party source. It falls in the WP:SPS bucket, reliable only for non-boastful statements. -- Nat Gertler (talk) 13:13, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

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