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Explainer – what is cystic fibrosis and how is it treated?

Authors: Martin Donnelley and David Parsons

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Watch video: Lloyd Cox Memorial Lecture

We were thrilled to welcome Professor Fiona Stanley (AC, FAA, FASSA) to the RRI to present the annual Lloyd Cox Memorial Lecture on the topic: Before the Bough Breaks – Data and research to guard our children’s future.

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Steroid treatment for IVF problems may do more harm than good

Professor Sarah Robertson

Researchers at the University of Adelaide are urging doctors and patients to refrain from using a specific steroid treatment to treat infertility in women unless clinically indicated, because of its links to miscarriage, preterm birth and birth defects.

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New technique takes guesswork out of IVF embryo selection

Researchers at the University of Adelaide have successfully trialled a new technique that could aid the process of choosing the “best” embryo for implantation, helping to boost the chances of pregnancy success from the very first IVF cycle.

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Why males are more likely to die from conception to old age

Author: Claire Roberts

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Emerging infertility treatment could be a less invasive and cheaper alternative to IVF

Authors: Jeremy Thompson, Robert Gilchrist and William Ledger

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Watch video: From little things, big things grow

Professor Rob Norman presented the second in the series of Robinson Research Institute / Women’s and Children’s Hospital co-hosted Grand Rounds on the topic: From little things, big things grow – the importance of health around conception.

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2015 RRI annual report

2015 Annual Report

We are pleased to release our 2015 Annual Report.

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How old is too old for a safe pregnancy?

Author: Hannah Brown

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Travel Story: Siew Leng Wong

Siew Leng Wong from the Robinson Research Institute’s Ovarian Cell Biology Research Group attended the 6th Congress of The Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction, Jakarta, Indonesia in April 2016.

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