female fertility begins to decline many years prior to the onset of menopause despite continued regular ovulatory cycles. age related infertility is due to oocyte abnormalities and decreased ovarian reserve. treatment of infertility when the cause is limited to decreased ovarian reserve is empirical at present except for oocyte donation. this mini review of the literature covers all available e...

garlic, an antioxidant plant, can react with amino groups of proteins to form schiff bases. as diabetes leads to glycation of various proteins and this in turn has some effects on the structure of proteins and biochemical activity of them, the inhibition of this process seems very vital. for several years researchers in this field have done their best to recognize the antidiabetic compounds. th...

conclusions these results indicate that a. kellalensis extracts exert potent anti-rotaviral activity only after viral adsorption. the two extracts from a. kellalensis showed a good selectivity index. also these results suggest that extracts prepared from the flowers of a. kellalensis may be potential anti-rotaviral agents in vivo and be useful in veterinary medicine. background achillea kellale...

materials and methods the subjects included 27 male and 3 female patients with advanced chronic periodontitis. the mean age of the patients was 47.6 ± 2.0 years old. p. gingivalis was isolated from the samples and identified by various diagnostic tests, including gram staining, indol test, and fluorescent test. minimum inhibitory concentration (mic) of the essential oil against isolated p. ging...

A report of a high incidence of genetic abnormality after in vitro fertilisation' led to a suggestion that the apparently low fecundity in man' may be partly explained by a high incidence of loss of embryos due to genetic factors. Data from induction of ovulation in patients with hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism, however, suggest that a high incidence of conception may be achieved.3 Advances in u...

As the number of cancer survivors continues to increase, oncologists are faced with the challenge of providing cancer therapy to patients who may 1 day want to have children. Yet, gonadotoxic cancer treatments can compromise future fertility, either temporarily or permanently. There are established means of preserving fertility before cancer treatment; specifically, sperm cryopreservation for m...

A pre-implantation genetic diagnosis allows the identification of any genetic abnormalities in an embryo created in vitro; therefore, by exercising this practice, women avoided having to resort to therapeutic abortion, because making such a diagnosis allows you to implant only "healthy" embryos, with diseased embryos being discarded as a result. In Italy there is no legal regulatory body for pr...