Fertility

A new test quickly and easily identifies when sperm are carrying chromosomal mutations, and could be applied for men hoping to have childrenCredit: (Bobjgalindo/Wikimedia) Chemotherapy and radiation treatments are known to cause…

Credit: Gadadhar et al. / Science 2021 One essential component of each eukaryotic cell is the cytoskeleton. Microtubules, tiny tubes consisting of a protein called tubulin, are part of this skeleton of cells. Cilia and flagella,…

Modelling study suggests that pregnant women in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, who are exposed to poor air quality, may be at higher risk of stillbirths and miscarriages Modelling study suggests that pregnant women in India, Pakistan,…

Why aggressive subtype can resist treatment Credit: The Hospital Research Foundation Australian research has identified a new mechanism in which prostate cancer cells can 'switch' character and become resistant to therapy. These…

Credit: Ragnar Söderberg Foundation How the immune system adapts to pregnancies has puzzled scientists for decades. Now, findings from an international group of researchers, led by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden,…

An international research team led by the University of British Columbia (UBC) has uncovered for the first time the importance of a small gland tucked behind the sternum that works to prevent miscarriage and diabetes in pregnant women.…

Keck Medicine of USC study reveals that older men who undergo the surgery achieve the same rate of pregnancy as those under 50Credit: Ricardo Carrasco III LOS ANGELES -- In recent decades, the age of men who father children has…

WHO: The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) serves as the national voice for clinicians and researchers with expertise in high-risk pregnancies. Its 5,000 members are obstetricians who have an additional three years of formal…

The European Research Council (ERC) will fund groundbreaking research led by IIASA World Population Program Deputy Director Raya Muttarak, which will comprehensively address the impacts of climate change on population dynamics.…

Credit: Monash University Monash University researchers have combined acoustic waves and fluid dynamics to create a new approach for separating high-quality sperm in assisted reproduction - opening new windows for infertile couples…

Credit: University of Otago Otago researchers have found the "missing link between stress and infertility". Published in The Journal of Neuroscience, and led by Professor Greg Anderson of the Centre for Neuroendocrinology, the…

According to the World Health Organization, the global prevalence estimates of sexually transmitted infections for men in 2016 were 2.7% for chlamydia, 0.7% for gonorrhoea and 0.6% for trichomoniasis. In men, these and other sexually…

Tanning beds and sunbathing not only increase a woman's chances of developing malignant melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer, but may also be linked to a greater risk of developing endometriosis, according to new research. A…

Investigators say humanity's oldest sculptures may be linked to climate change, diet AURORA, Colo. (Dec. 1, 2020) - One of world's earliest examples of art, the enigmatic `Venus' figurines carved some 30,000 years ago, have intrigued and…

It's well known that folic acid reduces risk, but not how or why; NIH funding will support genomic investigations and international patient registry Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, in collaboration…

What The Study Did: A large, single-institution observational study suggests SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy wasn't associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. Authors: Emily H. Adhikari, M.D., of the University of Texas…

Credit: Arthur Marklund Women with breast cancer whose eggs or ovarian tissue were frozen had more children after their diagnosis than women who did not undergo fertility preservation using those methods before start of cancer…

Learning more about the effects of age on reproductive success Using the power of single-cell analysis, researchers at the Babraham Institute have assessed the effects of age on egg cells (oocytes) in mice, particularly looking to identify…

A new paper in JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that receiving assisted reproductive technology does not increase the risk women have for developing ovarian cancer. Previous…

Researchers determine triggers for coordinated movement of cilia, identifying a potential diagnostic tool for health conditions Little is understood about how cilia, the tiny hairlike organelles that in humans are often the first lines of…