Ambience is Everything

It's nice to see studies that confirm my own unfounded opinions, even if there's a slight 'duh' factor involved.

Turns out that little in vitro embies don't like nasty lighting. Neither do I. My colleagues and I at AIDS Foundation Houston, back in the day, were affectionately referred to as "the lamp people" -- we refused to use our office hovel's fluorescents overhead, favoring the soft warm glow of incandescent lamps on our desks. Life was tough enough doing social work with sick people at their homes; when we had to be desk-bound, we wanted as much soothing as could be mustered in that moldy building. But I digress...

So, me and the embies have it right. Fluorescent (and even sunlight for the little ones) is out. Warm-white is in.

Link: IVF News - Lights in fertility clinics may damage embryos.