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Translational Andrology and Urology, 2019 Background The sperm DNA fragmentation index (DFI) is widely regarded as a key measure for assessing male fertility, but the predictive value of the DFI for outcomes of assisted reproductive technology (ART) remains under debate. In this study, we used a
Hong-yi Yang +4 more
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‘Catching Ovulation’: Exploring Women’s Use of Fertility Tracking Apps as a Reproductive Technology
, 2020 Smartphones are increasingly entangled with the most intimate areas of everyday life, providing possibilities for the continued expansion of digital self-tracking technologies.
J. Hamper
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Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2023 Increasing environmental pollution has led to the spread of many endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) around the world, which are toxic substances in the form of compounds that pose a great threat to the reproductive health of mammals and become a ...
Tao-Ran He +5 more
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Unraveling Mycobacterium tuberculosis acid resistance and pH homeostasis mechanisms
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Mycobacterium tuberculosis exhibits a remarkable resilience to acid stress. In this Review, we discuss some of the molecular mechanisms and metabolic pathways used by the tubercle bacilli to adapt and resist host‐mediated acid stress. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is a successful pathogen that has developed a variety of strategies to survive and ...
Janïs Laudouze +3 more
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Assisted Reproductive Technology Surveillance — United States, 2016
Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Surveillance summaries, 2019 Problem/Condition Since the first U.S. infant conceived with assisted reproductive technology (ART) was born in 1981, both the use of ART and the number of fertility clinics providing ART services have increased steadily in the United States.
S. Sunderam +7 more
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Stem Cell Research & Therapy, 2022 Background The most serious condition of male infertility is complete Sertoli cell-only syndrome (SCOS), which refers to the lack of all spermatogenic cells in the testes. The genetic cause of SCOS remains to be explored.
Xiaotong Wang +4 more
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Toll‐like receptors (TLRs) are important in the innate immune system. This study explores the zinc‐binding ability of the TLR2 TIR domain (TLR2TIR). We found that TLR2TIR binds zinc with nanomolar affinity through its cysteine residues. Two of them, C673 and C713, are vital for receptor activation, indicating that zinc may play a role in initiating ...
Vladislav A. Lushpa +8 more
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, 1999 Over the past couple of years, the Bioethics Consultative Committee has been active in promoting an understanding of bioethical issues within the medical profession, as well as more generally among the paramedical, and indeed the lay public.
Cauchi, Maurice N.
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To Be or not to Be? A Critical Appraisal of the Welfare of Children Conceived through New Reproductive Technologies [PDF]
, 2008 Over three million children are believed to have been born worldwide - and over 200,000 annually - as a result of “new reproductive technologies” (NRTs).
Blyth, Eric
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Gut Microbiota May Not Be Fully Restored in Recovered COVID-19 Patients After 3-Month Recovery
Frontiers in Nutrition, 2021 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has infected over 124 million people worldwide. In addition to the development of therapeutics and vaccines, the evaluation of the sequelae in recovered patients is also important.
Yu Tian +9 more
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