(3) – THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STARTS – I don’t know if you are aware of all the steps required to prepare a clinical trial. It’s long and quite complicated. It has to be done by experts, and I’m not one. It has to be approved by an Ethics Committee formed by heath personnel, lawyers,...
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The Story of a Discovery (2) – The first tests continue
(2) THE FIRST TESTS CONTINUE – You are probably surprised with what you have just seen. We repeated the experiment with more patients and we discovered the following: that the fetuses react with mouth and tongue movements when they hear music… they are trying to vocalize. But the only way for the fetuses to...
The Story of a Discovery (1)
This is the story of how we discovered what babies hear inside the uterus and how they react when they hear sound. I’ll explain it step by step. (1) WE HAD TO PLAY MUSIC TO THE FETUSES After achieving better results in in-vitro fertilization by applying music vibrations in the incubators for embryos, we...
What is the Meaning of Music?
At Institut Marquès we are conducting a very important line of research on the effect of music on humans, which goes from the day we become an oocyte until the moment we’re born. I’ll inform you about these discoveries as we’re publishing them. Some of them are so amazing that I had to read...
Concert for embryos
Antonio Orozco gave a private live concert to the very fortunate 380 embryos that were in process of development, at the time, at our in vitro fertilization laboratory. I would like to share this video with all of you because the experience has been exciting! His first song was called “I’m made of tiny...
The price of an IVF
The results of a centre only have value if they audited by health authorities. According to the study “The price of having a baby by assisted reproduction”, based on results audited by health authorities and budgets of different clinics, Institut Marquès is the best positioned. Our patients do not want an IVF cycle; they...
Oocyte Vitrification
Recently it was announced that Apple and Facebook will pay the costs of egg freezing to female employees that decide to delay motherhood and put their professional career first. Oocyte vitrification is an incredible advancement when carried out properly –i.e. when performed at the right time while the oocyte quality is good and carried out...
Egg and Sperm Donors
Today I will explain how our team matches the egg and sperm donors with our patients. But before you keep reading, I would like you to write down what do you most value in a person and in yourself. When you read back your list, you will see that the traits you wrote down...
Infertility and Chemical Substances (Endocrine Disruptors)
A historical event that caught the media’s attention took place this week: based on the research made by Institut Marquès, a judge from Tarragona initiated proceedings to investigate the chemical substances emitted by the chemical plants in the province of Tarragona. As mentioned in previous posts –Why is male fertility decreasing? and Toxics in...
Destination of Frozen Embryos
What destination would you give to your frozen embryos if you did not wish to have any more children? Please imagine the following scenario: you have two children born after an IVF cycle and you do not want to have any more children, but after the cycle there are still three frozen surplus embryos....