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Corporate Chains Revolutionize Fertility Clinics: Improved IVF Success Rates, More Treatments and Safer Outcomes
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BALTIMORE, MD, January 21, 2025 – New research published in the INFORMS journal Management Science reveals that corporate chain ownership of fertility clinics not only increases access to treatment but also enhances patient outcomes. The study shows that chain-owned clinics perform 27.2% more IVF cycles, achieve a 13.6% improvement in success rates, and adopt standardized practices that reduce risky multiple births while prioritizing healthier single births.

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America must act to secure its ‘legacy chips’ from China and other competitors
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Cutting-edge chips, especially those designed to power emerging AI applications, tend to receive the most attention in the media and generate the most excitement. However, so-called “legacy” chips are just as important — if not more — to our daily lives.  

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Do blood donation centers sell your blood?
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January is National Blood Donor Month and, not coincidentally, a time when donations tend to ebb. Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood for serious injuries, childbirth, cancer treatments and more, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. 

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Georgia Tech’s Beril Toktay elected to board of INFORMS

News Release, October 11, 2019

CATONSVILLE, MD, October 11, 2019 – INFORMS, the largest international association of operations research (O.R.) and analytics professionals and students, announced that L. Beril Toktay has been elected to its board, where she will serve a two-year term as vice president of marketing, outreach and communication. Toktay is a professor in the Scheller College of Business at the Georgia Institute of Technology. 

USC’s Pelin Pekgun elected to board of INFORMS

News Release, October 11, 2019

CATONSVILLE, MD, October 11, 2019 – INFORMS, the largest international association of operations research (O.R.) and analytics professionals and students, announced that Pelin Pekgun has been elected to its board, where she will serve a two-year term as vice president of membership and professional recognition.

MIT professor Stephen Graves elected president-elect of INFORMS

News Release, October 11, 2019

CATONSVILLE, MD, October 11, 2019 – INFORMS, the largest international association of operations research (O.R.) and analytics professionals and students, announced that MIT’s Stephen Graves has been elected president-elect and will serve as INFORMS president in 2021. 

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