IVF-conceived children show more 'jumping gene' DNA, study finds

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Infertility affects more than 15% of couples worldwide. Thanks to medical science, infertility treatments have come a long way over the past few years. For millions of people, in vitro fertilization (IVF) has opened a medical pathway to having biological children. This procedure gives fertilization a helping hand outside the body. It involves retrieving eggs from the ovaries and fertilizing them with sperm in a laboratory to create embryos.