Proper thyroid function plays a crucial role in both conception and maintaining a healthy pregnancy. It also significantly affects fetal brain development. Recently, scientific societies have emphasized the importance of thyroid health during the reproductive phase and established key recommendations related to thyroid and pregnancy. The Role of Iodine Before and During Pregnancy An adequate […]
Life after cancer is a reality for many patients today. Thanks to better access to healthcare and advances in treatment—surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, immunotherapy—survival rates and quality of life have improved significantly. But as we continue to enhance cancer diagnosis and treatment, it’s equally vital to focus on what comes next: the quality of life after […]
Here’s a statistic: 85% of women who come to URE Centro Gutenberg achieve pregnancy through artificial insemination or in vitro fertilisation treatments. Every day, we see that (consistency in fertility) thanks to assisted reproduction treatments is the best way to achieve the goal of pregnancy. It is estimated that approximately 25% of couples abandon fertility […]
Changes in male semen as a cause of infertility have always existed. However, in recent years we have noticed a deterioration in semen quality, even in very young men, which undoubtedly reduces fertility and makes it more difficult to have children both naturally and through assisted reproduction (in vitro fertilisation, artificial insemination, etc.). Everything seems […]
Assisted Reproduction and New Family Models Thanks to advances in medicine, assisted reproductive techniques have provided solutions to fertility problems faced by many couples who, for various reasons, had difficulty conceiving naturally. Three decades ago, many couples were unable to have children due to severe fertility issues and had no alternatives beyond adoption. Today, the […]
Most of us are unaware that every day, 17,000 children die from preventable causes. But what’s also surprising is how easy it is to prevent many of those deaths—with just a vaccine, a simple syrup, or access to clean drinking water. At the Reproduction Unit of Centro Gutenberg, we are deeply committed to children and […]
Although oocyte freezing was introduced more than twenty years ago in reproductive medicine, the results obtained until recently had been disappointing. In recent years, however, the development of vitrification as a method for freezing eggs has allowed this technique to be incorporated into the routine of assisted reproduction laboratories. Thanks to vitrification, there are now […]
Twenty-five years ago, Dr. Manuel Martínez Moya, along with Guillermina Muriel Sauco, embarked on an adventure motivated more by hope and dedication than by the possibilities of the moment: helping couples with fertility problems achieve pregnancy. Today, the Centro Gutenberg Reproduction Unit is, without a doubt, the leading center in Málaga, not in vain known […]
At the Gutenberg Centre Reproduction Unit (URE), we have long been using one of the most innovative sperm selection techniques: Magnetic-Activated Cell Sorting (MACS), or Magnetic Separation by Annexin V Columns. What is MACS in assisted reproduction? MACS is a non-invasive technique that separates healthy sperm from those that show signs of apoptosis (programmed cell […]
Many patients at URE Centro Gutenberg ask us, almost daily, if multiple pregnancies can cause problems during assisted reproduction treatment. Let’s start by quickly answering this question: multiple pregnancies are indeed a complication for fertility treatments. But we won’t stop there; today we want to go a little deeper so you can understand why. Did […]