Correction to: Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) and childhood cancer: is the risk real?

Application of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) to Clinical Practice

In the past decade, assisted reproductive technologies (ART) such as oocyte transfer, intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), and nuclear transfer (cloning) have become effective enough for clinical use. ART such as oocyte transfer and ICSI allow production of foals from mares that cannot provide an embryo by standard embryo-transfer procedures. For the equine practitioner, application of ART ...

Inm-8: Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Genetics

Genetic causes have a considerable involvement in infertility. Well-known examples are some chromosomal translocations or sex-chromosomal abnormalities and Y-chromosome deletions. The most common chromosomal aberrations associated especially with severe oligo- and azoospermia are sex chromosome aneuploidies and chromosomal translocations. Consequently, occurrence of aneuploid embryos will lower...

HIV AND ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES Should HIV discordant couples have access to assisted reproductive technologies?

In this paper we identify and evaluate arguments for and against offering assisted reproductive technologies (ART), specifically IVF, to HIV discordant couples (male partner HIV positive, female partner HIV negative). The idea of offering ART to HIV discordant couples generates concerns about safety and public health and raises questions such as: what is an acceptable level of risk to offspring...

Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) in Canada: 2006 results from the Canadian ART Register.

OBJECTIVE To present a report on assisted reproductive technologies (ART) cycles performed in 2006 in Canada and show trends in outcomes over time. This is the sixth annual report from the Canadian ART Register (CARTR). DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Twenty-five of 25 ART centers in Canada. PATIENT(S) Couples undergoing ART treatment in Canada during 2006. INTERVENTION(S) ART ...

Remifentanil versus Fentanyl for Assisted Reproductive Technologies :Effect on Hemodynamic Recovery from Anesthesia and Outcome of ART Cycles