Both chemical pollution and human reproduction are complex topics. Inquiry into chemical-related damage to human reproduction is hampered by this complexity. In general, the whole area of environmental chemicals versus human reproduction is one of great concern but. at this time, there are few hard data. The following provides an analytic framework for discussion of these topics, and also provi...

This article investigates the relation between science and narration through lens of gender anthropocentrism. By analysing Calvino’s long, ‘biocomic’ triptych ‘Priscilla’ (published in T con zero 1967) alongside (popular) scientific tales on (a)sexual reproduction, patterns fictional storytelling are individuated. The three parts story, starting from a unicellular organism ending (primordial) s...

Electromagnetic radiation (EMR) emitting from the natural environment, as well as from the use of industrial and everyday appliances, constantly influence the human body. The effect of this type of energy on living tissues may exert various effects on their functioning, although the mechanisms conditioning this phenomenon have not been fully explained. It may be expected that the interactions b...

In January of 2013, I took the helm from my colleague, Professor John Collins, to steer the ship that is Human Reproduction Update (HRU), a review journal owned by the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE). It’s with great pleasure that I reflect on the transition during the first 3 years of my editorship. HRU was first published in 1995 by Sir Robert Edwards: it has sin...

Toxoplasma gondii is an apicomplexan parasite that infects human and almost all warm-blooded animals. The life cycle of the parasite includes an asexual reproduction in intermediate hosts (Mammals and birds) and a sexual reproduction in definitive hosts (Felidae). Cats are both the intermediate and the definitive host for T. gondii. The aim of this study was to investigate anti-T. gondii antibo...

BACKGROUND Infertility is a condition of the reproductive system that affects ∼10-15% of couples attempting to conceive a baby. More than half of all cases of infertility are a result of female conditions, while the remaining cases can be attributed to male factors, or to a combination of both. The search for suitable biomarkers of pregnancy outcome is a challenging issue in human reproduction,...

With the  t in place, the business of buying and selling reproductive tissues and services should have come to a screeching halt in Canada, especially given the penalties for breaking the law. The penalties include a ne of up to $500 000, imprisonment for up to 10 years, or both. This has not been the case, however. The legal prohibitions have largely been seen as nothing more than “paper ...