p53 and reproduction Tumor protein 53 (TP53) and its related family of p63 and p73 are tumor suppressor genes that regulate cellular activity to enhance…
Posts published in January 2018
Male infertility: a biomarker of individual and familial cancer risk Associations between male infertility and cancer are gaining clinical attention. Relationships between infertility and cancer…
Epigenetics, infertility, and cancer: future directions Although direct correlates between cancer and infertile epigenetic profiles are rare, the general similarities between the two disease processes…
Is there a common mechanism underlying air pollution exposures and reproductive outcomes noted in epidemiologic and in vitro fertilization lab-based studies? Air pollution is considered the…
Chromosomal mosaicism in human preimplantation embryos: another fact that cannot be ignored In this month’s issue, another publication is presented demonstrating the drawbacks of utilizing…
Luteal phase support in assisted reproductive technologies: from here to there Luteal phase support (LPS) is warranted in ART because the normal physiological support of…
Data sharing requirements: perspectives from three authors The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) believes there is an ethical obligation to responsibility share data…
Bologna criteria: clinically or academically relevant? In the study published in this issue of Fertility and Sterility, Boza et al. highlight a lack of use of…
Need to define and validate an early pregnancy loss screening strategy Pregnant women who conceive with the use of assisted reproduction techniques (ART) have their…