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The British Fertility Society's Annual Meeting will take place in Sage Gateshead, Newcastle (UK) today and tomorrow (7^th and 8^th January). This edition's theme is 'Gamete Formation, Preservation and Donation.'  

Continuing the social commitment of Instituto Bernabeu, the Rafael Bernabeu Foundation awards a total of 18 scholarships for students of Medicine, Biotechnology, Biology and Nursing, each one of 2,500€; which are payable by check to the student to help pay tuition fees and school supplies, paving the way for those students who have a good performance and yet their family financial situation make it difficult to access and / or continue their studies at the University.

Adenomyosis is an entity with an unknown influence in implantation. Several studies achieve until 68% less pregnancy rate when adenomyosis is diagnosed, although another groups didn’t see differences. Severity of adenomyosis could be influencing in this controversy. A new classification is needed to know the prognosis of these patients. 

Vitrification virtually eliminates the major problem associated with cryopreservation, which is the formation of ice crystals. Recent papers have shown that warming is more important than cooling rates. Survival rates of vitrified oocytes and embryos using moderate cooling temperatures were optimal when the warming rate was high enough. Taking into account this principle recently new closed devices have been designed to avoid the safety concerns associated with open systems.