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16 Aug 2018

Active Selection and Single Embryo Transfer: Insights from Virtual Trials

Transferring embryos that are most likely to successfully implant and develop is important in optimising the efficiency of assisted conception…
8 Mins
7 Jun 2018

New Insights into the Role of Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase Activity in the Physiology of Immature Oocytes: Lessons from Recent Mouse Model Studies

The immature oocytes within primordial follicles are arrested at Prophase I of meiosis and remain dormant until awakened by an increase in intracellular…
3 Mins
8 Mar 2018

Women in Research: Progress Has Been Made but We Still Have a Long Way to Go to Fill the Gender Gap

Until the 1970s, science was a male-dominated field and the opportunities for women to conduct biomedical research were limited. Marie Skłodowska Curie…
11 Mins
1 Mar 2018

Editor’s Pick: Intrauterine Insemination: Current Place in Infertility Management

Infertility has become a significant problem worldwide. Multiple management options are available nowadays, which include intrauterine insemination (IUI)…
11 Mins
30 Nov 2017

The Impact of Vitrification in Artificial Reproductive Technology Programmes

Cryopreservation is an integral part of the current methods of assisted reproductive technology (ART). In the past two decades, slow freezing has been…
6 Mins
17 Aug 2017

Editor’s Pick: Selection of Appropriate Tools for Evaluating Obesity in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Patients

Patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have unique endocrine and metabolic characteristics, whereby the incidence and potentiality of obesity, as…
3 Mins
17 Aug 2017

Torsion of Normal Adnexa in the Third Trimester of Pregnancy Mimicking Acute Appendicitis

Maternal ovarian torsion in pregnancy is very rare. Non-specific symptoms, signs, and imaging findings make the diagnosis difficult.
12 Mins
17 Aug 2017

Regenerative Medicine, Disease Modelling, and Drug Discovery in Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Kidney Tissue

The multitude of research clarifying critical factors in embryonic organ development has been instrumental in human stem cell research. Mammalian…