On Apr. 14, 2021, National Institutes of Health researchers reported that a study which compared to newborns conceived traditionally, newborns conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF) are more likely to have certain chemical modifications to their DNA.

The study was conducted by Edwina Yeung, Ph.D., and colleagues in NIHﾒs Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). Previous studies by the research team found no differences in growth and development for this group.