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Machine Learning Could Boost the Success Rate of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)

posted by Fnord666 on Friday January 01 2021, @06:56PM   Printer-friendly

takyon writes:

Can AI Lead to Pregnancy? Sometimes yes, if a couple struggling to conceive turn to machine learning to pick the right embryo for implantation

Artificial intelligence in healthcare is often a story of percentages. One 2017 study predicted AI could broadly improve patient outcomes [open, DOI: 10.7717/peerj.7702] [DX] by 30 to 40 percent. Which makes a manifold improvement in results particularly noteworthy.

In this case, according to one Israeli machine learning startup, AI has the potential to boost the success rate of in vitro fertilization (IVF) by as much as 3x compared to traditional methods. In other words, at least according to these results, couples struggling to conceive that use the right AI system could be multiple times more likely to get pregnant.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines assisted reproductive technology (ART) as the process of removing eggs from a woman's ovaries, fertilizing it with sperm and then implanting it back in the body.

The overall success rate of traditional ART is less than 30%, according to a recent study [open, DOI: 10.5455/aim.2019.27.205-211] [DX] in the journal Acta Informatica Medica.

But, says Daniella Gilboa, CEO of Tel Aviv, Israel-based AiVF—which provides an automated framework for fertility and IVF treatment—help may be on the way. (However, she also cautions against simply multiplying 3x with the 30% traditional ART success rate quoted above. "Since pregnancy is very much dependent on age and other factors, simple multiplication is not the way to compare the two methods," Gilboa says.)

Journal Reference:
Abhimanyu S. Ahuja. The impact of artificial intelligence in medicine on the future role of the physician, PeerJ (DOI: 10.7717/peerj.7702)

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  • (Score: 2) by Tork on Friday January 01 2021, @07:16PM (7 children)

    by Tork (3914) on Friday January 01 2021, @07:16PM (#1093677)
    It could be. What if one of the symptoms of COVID was sterilization?
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  • (Score: 2) by acid andy on Friday January 01 2021, @07:25PM (5 children)

    by acid andy (1683) Subscriber Badge on Friday January 01 2021, @07:25PM (#1093681) Homepage Journal

    Our species would almost certainly survive such an onslaught.

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    • (Score: 2) by Tork on Friday January 01 2021, @08:26PM (4 children)

      by Tork (3914) on Friday January 01 2021, @08:26PM (#1093701)
      Our species is already surviving STDs and the like, too, but we're still better off with the medical tech.
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      • (Score: 5, Insightful) by acid andy on Friday January 01 2021, @08:47PM (3 children)

        by acid andy (1683) Subscriber Badge on Friday January 01 2021, @08:47PM (#1093715) Homepage Journal

        Let's demonstrate we can treat the current world population with some basic shred of dignity before we continue implementing strategies to grow it.

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        • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Tork on Saturday January 02 2021, @12:23AM (2 children)

          by Tork (3914) on Saturday January 02 2021, @12:23AM (#1093760)
          Heh. "Let's demonstrate that we can handle a pandemic with masks first before starting on a vaccine." 🤡
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          • (Score: 2) by acid andy on Saturday January 02 2021, @02:38PM (1 child)

            by acid andy (1683) Subscriber Badge on Saturday January 02 2021, @02:38PM (#1093899) Homepage Journal

            Yeah I didn't mean we should stop trying to fight COVID and other diseases, though I can see how the post looked like that.

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            • (Score: 2) by Tork on Saturday January 02 2021, @05:41PM

              by Tork (3914) on Saturday January 02 2021, @05:41PM (#1093974)
              I meant it as a metaphor illustrating that rationale like yours is clearly not a one-size-fits-all solution. We don't as a species of approaching 8 billion or so 'behave'. Meanwhile, IVF births are under a quarter of a million a year, holding that up could mean holding up potential medical cures, but it doesn't do anything meaningful for the size of the population.
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 01 2021, @07:53PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 01 2021, @07:53PM (#1093690)

    You're thinking of the vaccine.