SCIENCE sciencemag.org P H O T O : R O G E R J . B IC K & B R IA N J . P O IN D E X T E R / U T -H O U S T O N M E D IC A L S C H O O L / S C IE N C E S O U R C E Fountain, which approaches the theoretical maximum for information stored per nucleotide. They demonstrated efficient encoding of information—including a full computer operating system—into DNA that could be retrieved at scale after m...

OBJECTIVE To investigate reproductive outcomes in women following induced abortion (IA). DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING Hospital admissions between 1981 and 2007 in Scotland. PARTICIPANTS Data were extracted on all women who had an IA, a miscarriage or a live birth from the Scottish Morbidity Records. A total of 120 033, 457 477 and 47 355 women with a documented second pregna...

BACKGROUND The average age of women bearing their first child has increased strongly. This is an important reproductive health problem as fertility declines with increasing female age. Unfortunately, IVF using fresh oocytes cannot compensate for this age-related fertility decline. Oocyte freezing could be a solution. METHODS We used the Markov model to estimate the cost-effectiveness of three...

Introduction: Congenital gastrointestinal (GI) malformation occurs due to mal development of GI organs. The diagnosis is based on clinical exam and radiography. The aim of this study was to determine prevalence of gastrointestinal anomalies in Imam Reza hospital deliveries Mashhad, Iran. Materials and Methods: In retrospective descriptive study for one year since 1.8.1391 all deliveries in...

background: routine use of assisted hatching (ah) following icsi is a controversial issue in the literature. there are rare studies regarding the effect of laser assisted hatching (lah) on live birth rate. objective: our main goal was to evaluate the effect of lah on delivery rate as well as congenital anomaly in patients undergoing their first icsi cycle. materials and methods: a total of 182 ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate associations between mode of delivery and subsequent reproductive outcomes. DESIGN Cohort study. POPULATION Women with term singleton live births from 1987 to 2009. SETTING Denmark, birth registration data. METHODS Women with a first singleton delivery after 37 weeks were followed until the end of 2010, from a first birth to include subsequent live births. We us...

OBJECTIVE To characterize maternal and infant outcomes for pregnant women who received live H1N1 influenza vaccine and had no reported adverse events. METHODS We identified Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System reports, which described receipt of live H1N1 vaccine during pregnancy without an indication of an adverse event at the time of the report during October 2009 to June 2010. We reviewe...