Are children born through Intra-Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) having a lower intelligence quotient?

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)

IVF has become a well-established treatment for certain types of infertility, including long-standing infertility due to tubal disease, endometriosis, unexplained infertility or infertility involving a male factor. Soon it became clear that certain couples with severe male-factor infertility could not be helped by conventional IVF. Extremely low sperm counts, impaired motility and/or abnormal m...

P-56: Artificial Oocyte Activation Alone Intra Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection in Men with Severe Semen Parameters

Background Failed fertilization occurs 1-3% in the infertile couples. Failure of oocyte activation (OA) is mainly attributed to failed fertilization. ICSI alone artificial oocyte activation (AOA) is only treatment approach for these individuals. Three procedures are introduced for AOA: chemical, mechanical and electrical. Most of the clinical Centers have commonly used ionomycin for activation ...

Relation of Factor V Leiden Mutation to Repeated Implantation Failure in Women Undergoing Intra Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI)

Objective : To determine whether women with factor V Leiden mutation, a common inherited defect of coagulation, are at increased risk for recurrent pregnancy loss after ICSI. Patients and Methods : Women with recurrent implantation failure were compared to a matching group of women conceived naturally. Factor V Leiden was investigated in each group to determine its homozygosity or heterozygosit...

Piezo-actuated Mouse ICSI (Intracytoplasmic sperm injection)

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is not only used in human assisted reproduction (ART), but it is also widely employed for veterinary in vitro fertilization during rare species preservation, germ-line rescue of transgenic animals or for any veterinary assisted conception. Piezo-assisted ICSI, which was first described in 1995 [1], can be employed for assisted conception in animals in whi...