<p>The results are in: 5 healthy babies born, 64.3% fertilization rate, zero eggs damaged across hundreds of oocytes.</p><p><br></p><p>Lab automation in IVF is no longer theoretical, it’s been proven.</p><p><br></p><p>Chief Scientific Officers Jason Barritt of Kindbody and Jacques Cohen of Conceivable Life Sciences join the episode to discuss a recent <a href="https://www.conceivable.life/research-papers/automate-oocyte-retrieval" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">study published in <em>Human Reproduction</em> examining AURA</a>, the robotic lab system developed by Conceivable Life Sciences.</p><p>We dive into:</p><ul><li><p>What “proof of concept” actually means in IVF lab automation</p></li><li><p>Why <a href="https://www.conceivable.life/research-papers/automate-oocyte-retrieval" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">this study</a> matters (<em>And where it falls short of current standards</em>)</p></li><li><p>The role of automation as a testing ground for new lab technologies</p></li><li><p>What a fully automated IVF lab could unlock</p></li><li><p>Whether “hub and spoke” models in fertility have been misunderstood (<em>and what they could actually become</em>)</p></li></ul><p>If automation continues to progress, the scale of what’s possible in fertility care may look very different than it does today.</p>