Over the past half a century many countries have witnessed a rapid fall in total fertility rates,
particularly in the world's most advanced economies including the industrial powerhouses of …

During mammalian fertilization, repetitive intracellular Ca2+ increases known as Ca2+
oscillations occur. These oscillations are considered crucial for successful fertilization and …

Infertility affects a significant number of couples worldwide and its incidence is increasing.
While assisted reproductive technologies (ART) have revolutionized the treatment …

Introduction Attempts to artificially activate unfertilized oocytes at 24 h post intracytoplasmic
sperm injection (ICSI) have generally resulted in poor outcomes. This study aims to explore …

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) has affirmed itself as a groundbreaking technique to
treat severe male factor infertility that could not be effectively managed by conventional in …

A mechanistic role for nuclear function of testis-specific actin related proteins (ARPs) is
proposed here through contributions of ARP subunit swapping in canonical chromatin …

In this review, we take a fresh look at embryo assessment and selection methods from the
perspective of diagnosis and prognosis. On the basis of a systematic search in the literature …

Human reproduction and growth depend on normal developmental processes such as the
production of competent gametes, fertilization, embryonic development, pregnancy, and …

Human IVF laboratory often shows many abnormal fertilization eggs, such as no pronucleus
(0PN), monopronucleus (1PN), three pronuclei (3PN) or multi-pronuclei (mPN) zygotes and …

Objective: To investigate the clinical and hormonal parameters and outcomes of in vitro
fertilization (IVF) programs in patients with impaired embryo cleavage compared to those in …