Researchers in the United Kingdom have said that they can improve the success rate of In vitro fertilization (IVF), which has been at the level of mid-30% range sine several years.

The researchers have claimed that they can improve the chances of pregnancy by more than a quarter through automated equipment for growing embryos. They can create laboratories that replicate conditions found inside the womb.

The new technology, which is developed by researchers at the Newcastle University, could reduce the financial cost of treatment as well as the emotional harassment of failing to get pregnant repeatedly.

The IVFtreatment is expensive at present and some women go through it multiple times paying between £3,000 and £15,000 to try to get pregnant. IVF is a multi-step process involving growing embryo in an incubator for several days before it is placed in the womb of a women.

Several procedures like actual fertilisation of the egg to checks happen outside of the incubator and due to the change in temperature and air quality, the egg are put at risks. In order to address the problem, experts at the Newcastle Fertility Centre created a `lab in box'. They put together a chain of interlinked incubators with integrated microscopes.

Professor Mary Hebert said, "Our aim was to keep eggs and embryos in conditions similar to those they would experience naturally inside a woman's body. This led our team to design and develop a system in which it is possible to perform all of the technical procedures while maintaining stable conditions throughout the IVF process."