Goodbye sex, hello test tube
Filed under: IVF — Alan @ 12:32 pm
According to a new report by Popular Science, scientists believe that sex with the purpose of reproduction may soon go out of style. While sex will still be a part of life, due to advancements in embryology instead of getting busy with traditional baby making those with, or possibly without, problems will simply skip ahead to invitro fertilization.
While this may seem crazy, due to the fact that fertility treatments are not half as fun as the alternative, John Yovich from the Australia PIVET Medical Centre and Cains Fertility Centre stated that fertility treatments are simply much more effective.
At the moment, IVF boosts a success rate that hovers around 40%, but Yovich and other scientists predict that technology will only continue to improve over the next few years. His paper was created based on the results of a study on cow impregnation given that ranchers already use IVF like treatments in order to create cattle offspring.
The results showed that artificial fertilization is 100 times more effective than simply releasing a bull out into the herd of cows for typical stud duties. In addition, using test tube technology to create calves aids the ranchers in controlling factors such as the sex of the cattle.
There are of course a few flaws in the comparison, such as the fact that IVF is expensive and thus not available to all socioeconomic classes, human IVF is not as effective as cow fertilization techniques, and the fact that there are ethical questions that come along with choosing genetic factors and basic factors such as the sex of one’s offspring.
However, as levels of male infertility may continue to rise it may be more common for fertility treatments to be used.
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