Herd fertility is a key factor for the sustainability of cattle farming. However, since the 1980s, fertility in dairy cattle has steadily decreased and has become one of the main causes of culling and cow replacement in developed countries (Lucy, 2001; Barbat et al., 2010). Many studies have been performed in the last decades to investigate the genetic bases of this decline, considering the rep...

The risk of infertility after cancer therapy has emerged as a major quality-of-life issue for cancer survivors. Indeed, cancer survivors have been galvanized to improve the dissemination of information about cancer-related infertility and have supported the development of reproductive technologies that allow survivors to have biologic children after cancer. The medical community has embraced on...

Advancements of diagnosis and treatment have substantially improved cancer survival rates in the last few decades. The increasing number of survivors focuses attention on long-term effects caused by cancer treatment and its impact on quality of life. Ovarian failure is one of the major sequelae of cytotoxic chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy in female children and reproductive-age women. Oncologi...

Objective: To improve awareness of the natural age-related decline in female and male fertility with respect to natural fertility and assisted reproductive technologies (ART) and provide recommendations for their management, and to review investigations in the assessment of ovarian aging . Options: This guideline reviews options for the assessment of ovarian reserve and fertility treatments usi...

The male uro-genital tract is susceptible to gram-negative bacterial infections that produce a state of inflammation, particularly in the testis and epididymis. Development of germline stem cells into motile spermatozoa takes place in these organs and thus any impairment therein has a direct effect on male fertility. A number of factors are known to impair male fertility including environmental...

E. Seli and A. Agarwal (eds.), Fertility Preservation: Emerging Technologies and Clinical Applications, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-1783-6_2, © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012 Abstract Cancer survivors may wish to become parents, if they have lost their reproductive function, by using previously stored gametes or gonadal tissue. Fertility preservation serves such a wide range of medico-soc...

With 21,650 new cases every year, ovarian cancer is currently the fifth leading cause of death from all cancers in women in the USA [1]. Among gynecological cancers, it is the leading cause of death, typically presenting with stage III/IV disease. At present, 12.2% of ovarian cancers occur in women younger than 40 years of age [2]. Most of these cases are tumors of low malignant potential, mali...

Involuntary childlessness can be a devastating experience for many women and men. The true prevalence of infertility is difficult to determine. However, an estimated one in seven couples in the UKwill seek help in conceiving a child at some point in their lives. New reproductive technologies have dramatically changed the prospects for many subfertile couples, with the range of treatments increa...

The article is devoted to the study of military action's negative consequences on soil fertility state in Ukraine and directions for their reproduction. topic actuality that a third arable agricultural lands were affected by actions, which, taking into account agrarian direction production eastern southern regions Ukraine, threatens significant decrease products' cultivation. aims substantiate ...

Over the past 12,000 years humans have gradually developed greater understanding and control over life. Agriculture, including plant and animal husbandry, were early important developments. Medicine also contributed to the control of life by fighting disease and more recently through technologies to control and manipulate fertility. Knowledge and technologies from physics and chemistry provide ...