Although there is now considerable experience in obtaining sperm from a cadaver, there is little or no published data regarding pregnancy, birth and long-term childhood health and development outcomes when posthumous sperm is used in in vitro fertilisation (IVF). We report the results from treatment of four women undergoing IVF treatment using posthumously acquired human sperm...
Infertility care has improved remarkably over the last few decades and has received growing attention from health care providers. Several treatments, including expensive options such as Assisted Reproductive Techniques, are now widely available for routine clinical use. In most cases, adoption of these treatments has occurred without robust cost-effective analyses. IVF for...
STUDY QUESTION Until what age can couples wait to start a family without compromising their chances of realizing the desired number of children?
STUDY QUESTION Does the interdiction of sexual intercourse during Nativity and Lent fasting periods have any effect on when babies are conceived in Romania, in the 20th century?
STUDY QUESTION What are the effects of fatty acids on placental inflammatory cytokine with respect to toll-like receptor-4/nuclear factor-kappa B (TLR4/NF-kB)?
Ovarian insufficiency is a major long-term adverse event, following the administration of a myeloablative conditioning regimen, and occurring in >80% of children and adolescents receiving such treatment for malignant or non-malignant disease. Cryopreservation of ovarian tissue is currently offered to preserve the fertility of these young patients. At least 35 live births have...
STUDY QUESTION Is an elective single-embryo transfer (eSET) policy an efficient approach for women aged >35 years when embryo selection is enhanced via blastocyst culture and preimplantation genetic screening (PGS)?
STUDY QUESTION Can a modified specific gravity technique be used to distinguish viable from nonviable embryos?
STUDY QUESTION Are there effective and clinically validated stem cell-based therapies for reproductive diseases?
STUDY QUESTION How potently does the novel hypothalamic stimulator of reproduction, kisspeptin, increase gonadotrophin secretion when compared with GnRH in healthy men?
STUDY QUESTION How do the two new fully automated anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) assays released in September 2014 by two different diagnostic companies perform compared with the clinical standard assay, namely the AMH Gen II enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)?
STUDY QUESTION What are the characteristics, motivations and expectations of men and women who search for a co-parent online?
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STUDY QUESTION Does peri-ovulatory putrescine supplementation of older mice improve oocyte quality and reduce the incidence of embryo resorption?
STUDY QUESTION In couples with previous fertilization failure, are reproductive outcomes improved using ICSI followed by artificial oocyte activation (ICSI-AOA) compared with conventional ICSI?
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STUDY QUESTION Are antiretroviral therapies associated with semen alterations in HIV-infected men?
STUDY QUESTION How do data in the 13th annual data collection (Data XIII) of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) PGD Consortium compare with the cumulative data for collections I–XII?
STUDY QUESTION What is the recognition of clinical embryology and the current status of clinical embryologists in European countries, regarding educational levels, responsibilities and workload, and need for a formal education in assisted reproductive technology (ART)?