New minimally invasive fertility treatment on offer in Australia
An emerging less-invasive infertility treatment is being offered in Australia for the first time, holding out hope for about 15% of women who cannot conceive naturally, including those who struggle with IVF.
Called CAPA-IVM (capacitation in-vitro maturation), the treatment differs from IVF because it involves retrieval of a woman’s eggs from the ovary while they are still immature and growing them in cell culture prior to fertilisation.