Playing techno music is supposedly good for an IVF baby or test tube baby. Fertilization achieves a more successful rate if the eggs are supposedly played a pulsing trance beat in the background that helps in its development, according to a group of scientists.
Researchers at an IVF clinic located in Moscow studied the effects of techno music on 758 eggs by playing "A State of Trance" by DJ Armin van Buure at 80 decibels. Researches also observed a separate group of eggs with the same number in a silent room.
After 24 hours of observation, the scientists learned that the eggs that "listened" to techno music grew into embryos that will likely have a greater chance of being implanted into a womb. Some of the eggs in the silent room also grew, but its likelihood of being implanted was lower.
Researches also sampled classical, pop and metal music but the results were far less effective compared to trance music, according to the Independent. The experts took note of trance music's consistent pulse and concluded that a techno beat's vibrations might have helped with the mixing of chemicals and cells, thus nourishing it better.
"It is possible that vibrations could simulate some of these effects by agitating the medium," Dagan Wells of the University of Oxford said. "[It was] helping to mix the fluid in which the embryo is immersed, diluting potentially harmful chemicals excreted by the embryo and increasing exposure to important nutrients."
Wells further added that in a natural environment, babies in the womb can hear sounds from the mother's organs that help with fluid flow. "In an artificial environment, these chemicals have nowhere to go, but these findings show beats could help to keep things moving," he told Daily Mail.
Researchers presented their findings at the Fertility 2017 conference held in Edinburgh in early January, Telegraph reports. But this isn't the first study on IVF that found links to music.
A similar study conducted by Spanish scientists in 2013 also looked into how music could help the development of an IVF baby. The experts played a variety of choices from Bach, Mozart, Madonna and Metallica.
