The introduction, more than half a century ago, of the randomized trial in which allocation to the experimental and control interventions occurs by chance has been a pivotal point in the evaluation of therapeutic ef®cacy. It is now well accepted that the gold standard in such evaluation is the welldesigned controlled, clinical experiment that has high methodological rigour so that bias can be m...

1 Department of Reproductive Immunology and Pathology, Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of PAS, 10-748 Olsztyn, Poland 2Department of Morphology and Function, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, 1300-477 Lisbon, Portugal 3 Laboratory of Reproductive Immunology, Department of Experimental Therapy, Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy of PAS, 53-114...

Received: 15 Sep 2012, Accepted: 21 Jan 2013 * Corresponding Address: P.O. Box: 16635-148, Department of Reproductive Imaging at Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran Email: [email protected] Royan Institute International Journal of Fertility and Sterility Vol 7, No 3, Oct-Dec 2013, Pages: 243-244. Recent advances i...

Journal of Experimental & Clinical Assisted Reproduction is an open access, online, peer-review journal publishing papers on all aspects of research into reproductive endocrinology, infertility, bioethics and the advanced reproductive technologies. The journal reports on important developments impacting the field of human reproductive medicine and surgery. The field exists as a sub-specialty of...

CONTRIBUTING REVIEWERS Those devoted to medical science have, as their main purpose, the ambition to improve the quality of life of the population. The editorial team of Reproductive Health is mainly devoted to improving reproductive health, particularly for those populations with major needs.A peer-reviewed journal would not survive without the generous time and insightful comments of the revi...

recent findings in stem cell biology have opened a new window in regenerative medicine. the endometrium possesses mesenchymal stem cells (mscs) called endometrial stem cells (enscs) having specific regenerative properties linked to adult stem cells. they contribute in tissue remodeling and engineering and were shown to have immuno-modulating effects. many clinical trials were undertaken to asce...

Luca Lambertini1,2, Men-Jean Lee3, Carmen J. Marsit4 and Jia Chen1,5,6 1Department of Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, 2Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, 3Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, 4Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Dart...

1Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil 2Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Cascavel, West Paraná, Brazil 3Department of Gynecology, School of Medicine, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil 4Department of Gyne...