1Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA 2Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden 3Department of Molecular Therapeutics, The Scripps Research Institute-Florida, USA 4Department of Reproductive Medicine, K.K. Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS/Duke-National Univers...

1Division of Radiology, Department of Pathophysiological and Therapeutic Science, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, 36–1 Nishi-cho, Yonago, Tottori 683-8504, Japan 2Division of Organ Pathology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Tottori, Japan 3Division of Reproductive-Perinatal Medicine and Gynecological Oncology, Department of Surgery, Faculty of ...

STUDY QUESTION Are there effective and clinically validated stem cell-based therapies for reproductive diseases? SUMMARY ANSWER At the moment, clinically validated stem cell treatments for reproductive diseases and alterations are not available. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY Research in stem cells and regenerative medicine is growing in scope, and its translation to the clinic is heralded by the re...

1 Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA. 2 Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine and Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. 3 Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. 4 Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Depa...

INTRODUCTION For many women, undergoing assisted reproductive technology can be a difficult experience, and can result in changes in physical and emotional health and wellbeing. Recent research has suggested that acupuncture may be helpful for women undergoing assisted reproductive technology. To date, there is no information describing the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndromes seen in w...

1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington DC, USA 2Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, USA 3Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA 4Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, B...

To find an effective prevention method for porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS), three indices from experimental and control group pigs, namely, routine blood index, serum biochemical indicators, and conventional cell factor contents of serum, are inspected. The prevention and treatment of PRRS effect are evaluated, feeding pigs with Daitai. Results show that traditional Chinese...

Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs) have revolutionised reproductive medicine; however, reports assessing the effects of ARTs have raised concerns about the immediate and long-term health outcomes of the children conceived through ARTs. ARTs include manipulations during the periconceptional period, which coincides with an environmentally sensitive period of gamete/embryo development and a...

BACKGROUND Nowadays artificially assisted reproductive techniques are used to cure infertility. These methods are highly expensive, time-consuming and have low success rates which are usually around 20-40%. One of the best alternate methods for infertility treatment that can be considered is adoption that often decreases the treatment costs and the psychological impact within an infertile coupl...