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Historical and Cultural Legacy of Post‐One Child Policy: Is China Ready to Embrace Planned Oocyte Cryopreservation?

World Medical &Health Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Women's reproductive rights in China are shaped by geopolitical and cultural factors, resulting in restricted access to planned oocyte cryopreservation (planned OC). While the global discourse surrounding planned OC continues to evolve, China currently sanctions egg freezing for medical purposes exclusively in married women, while prohibiting ...
Olivia M. Y. Ngan, Carol C. L. Tsang, Shizuko Takahashi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can Testicular Size Be a Predictive Factor for Successful Sperm Retrieval in Patients with Non Obstructive Azoospermia?

Gynecology Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine, 2019
Objective: Non-obstructive azoospermia, defined as absence of spermatozoa in the ejaculate caused by impaired spermatogenesis, is the most severe cause of male infertility.
Omer yumusak, Mehmet Cinar, Serkan Kahyaoglu, Yasemin Tasci, Gul Nihal Buyuk, Aysegul Oksuzoglu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Complex CatSper-dependent and independent [Ca2⁺]i signalling in human spermatozoa induced by follicular fluid [PDF]

, 2017
STUDY QUESTION: Does progesterone in human follicular fluid (hFF) activate CatSper and do other components of hFF modulate this effect and/or contribute separately to hFF-induced Ca2+ signaling?SUMMARY ANSWER: hFF potently stimulates CatSper and ...
Barratt, Christopher L.R., Brown, Sean G., Costello, Sarah, Drew, Ellen, Kelly, Mark C., Martins da Silva, Sarah, Publicover, Stephen J., Ramalingam, Mythili   +7 more
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Addressing Demographic Challenges Through Public–Private Partnerships: In Vitro Fertilization in Latvia

World Medical &Health Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The study by Morshed‐Behbahani et al. highlights that financial barriers are not the sole obstacle to accessing infertility treatment. To ensure equal access for all, infertility treatment should be regarded as a universal human right, with the public sector assuming responsibility for its provision.
Arturs Kalva, Girts Brigis
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical predictors of successful outcomes for couples with nonobstructive azoospermic male partners undergoing micro-TESE

Asian Journal of Andrology
Nonobstructive azoospermia (NOA) is the most challenging and complex clinical scenario for infertile men. Besides circumstances such as hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, surgical sperm retrieval is typically necessary, and microdissection testicular sperm ...
Parviz K Kavoussi, Nazim Gherabi, Ramadan Saleh   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disorders of sex development (DSD): an overview of recent scientific advances [PDF]

, 2014
Developments in biotechnology have radically altered clinical and research themes in the small field of disorders of sex development, as in other rare medical conditions. In the age of genetics, an increasing number of DSDs have been identified. Aided by
Conway, GS
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Effect of recombinant human vascular endothelial growth factor on testis tissue xenotransplants from prepubertal boys: a three-case study [PDF]

, 2019
Research question Does recombinant human vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF-165) improve the efficiency of human immature testis tissue (ITT) xenotransplantation?
Goossens, Ellen, Kadam, Prashant, Ntemou, Elissavet, Van Laere, Sven, Van Saen, Dorien, Vicini, Elena   +5 more
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Prediction model for clinical pregnancy for ICSI after surgical sperm retrieval in different types of azoospermia.

Human Reproduction, 2020
STUDY QUESTION Can a counselling tool be developed for couples with different types of azoospermia to predict the probability of clinical pregnancy in ICSI after surgical sperm retrieval? SUMMARY ANSWER A prediction model for clinical pregnancy in ICSI
Jingyu Song, Long-jie Gu, X. Ren, Yang Liu, K. Qian, R. Lan, Tao Wang, L. Jin, Jun Yang, Jihong Liu   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Adaptive divergence in reproductive seasonality and underlying physiological features fit Rattus norvegicus to live as opportunistic breeders

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Brown rats living at different latitudes have evolved reproductive patterns adapted to their local environments. Besides expected adaptive divergence in seasonality, a distinct regulating mechanism from typical seasonal breeders reveals how brown rats benefit from quicker semen production to live as opportunistic breeders.
Xixuan LI, Ning LI, Dandan YAO, Yu LIU, Ying SONG, Dawei WANG, Zhiyong FENG, Xiaohui LIU   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fertility in men with spinal cord injury [PDF]

, 2016
Young men comprise the overwhelming majority of men with spinal cord injury (SCI), the incidence of which has been growing over the years. Due to advances in physical medicine and rehabilitation, remarkable improvements in survival rates have been ...
Grgić, Franjo, Kasum, Miro, Orešković, Slavko, Vujić, Goran, Čehić, Ermin, Šimunić, Velimir   +5 more
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