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many aspects of health and influence disease as well as disease risks. In recent decades, great research strides have been made to characterize the influence of different communities of microbiota on reproduction and fertility in both human and animal
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Participants were recruited for the collection of an endometrial biopsy at a tertiary fertility and gynaecology referral centre in Southampton. Recruited participants met study criteria including aged 21–37 years, no hormonal contraception, no infections and no
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Chemotherapy exposure may reduce fertility in males. Adult men may cryopreserve sperm prior to commencing cancer therapy; however, for pre-pubertal males who do not produce sperm, fertility preservation remains experimental. At present, no human
Program of Ethics and Public Policies in Human Reproduction, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile
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cortical tissue has demonstrated that 54% of women with POI have residual follicles that can potentially be reactivated to resume fertility ( Suzuki et al. 2015 ). However, in around 70% of the cases, POI is considered idiopathic ( Meskhi & Seif 2006
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2017 , Ricci et al. 2017 , Ayton 2019 , Imterat et al. 2019 , Sermondade et al. 2019 ). Currently, routine fertility consultations do not involve counselling or imparting advice regarding habitual physical activity (PA) and/or structured
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allows sperm to penetrate the zona pellucida and fertilise an ovum. Reduced EV-mediated transfer of ZPBP-1 to sperm may in part lead to reduced fertility associated with teratospermia ( Rowlison et al. 2020 ). Although morphologically ‘normal’, sperm
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-fund augmentation mammoplasties or facial feminization surgery as neither procedure is currently NHS funded. The mean age at presentation to a gender identity clinic has fallen over the years and is now such that, for the majority of patients, fertility
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Introduction Fertility preservation is a rapidly advancing field with numerous broad applications ranging from retaining the prospect of fertility in a child with cancer to protecting an entire species from extinction. In recent years, huge
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fertility preservation who may only have one opportunity to create embryos. As such, there is a genuine debate regarding the correct approach to fertilisation for this particular group of patients: whether to apply IVF or ICSI depending on sperm
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recognised as a disease, and universal access to high-quality services for family planning, including fertility care, is one of the core elements of reproductive health ( WHO 2020 ). With this fact sheet, the WHO acknowledged that patients have a right to
