Lauren Berson Sugarman: Key Updates in Reproductive Health and Fertility Tech
Lauren Berson Sugarman, Founder and CEO at Conceive, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“We’re (almost) packed for San Antonio and counting down to American Society for Reproductive Medicine – ASRM! But first, this week’s Friday Fertility News.
Cambridge researchers developed a new technology to watch embryos develop in real time. Their findings challenge the reliability of PGT-A: many chromosomal abnormalities emerged in the placental layer, not the part that becomes the baby, meaning some embryos flagged as ‘abnormal’ may actually be healthy. They also found these errors are more likely to appear the longer embryos stay in culture—raising questions about whether earlier transfers could lower that risk. Fascinating research from a lab we’ll be watching closely. Loke Centre for Trophoblast Research.
A first-of-its-kind study looked at how everyday eating patterns relate to fertility in thousands of women. Researchers found an association between diet and fertility problems: more inflammatory, ultra-processed diets were tied to more issues, while Mediterranean-style diets were tied to fewer. It’s not proof of causation—but it adds to growing evidence that nutrition likely plays a role in reproductive health.
Big move in the fertility tech world: Overture Life—the team behind the first babies born from robotic fertilization—just opened its first U.S. lab in Dallas. The new hub will scale AI-powered IVF automation and non-invasive embryo testing, aiming to make treatment faster, more consistent, and less dependent on manual lab work. Congrats to our friend Hans Gangeskar, CEO of Overture Life, on this milestone.
In a moving essay from her forthcoming book, Amy Gallo Ryan reflects on what she wished her pregnant friends had said during her infertility journey—not perfect words, just a willingness to sit in the hard stuff together. It’s a conversation we have with our members all the time: how to hold space for both joy and pain at once.
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