Cryopreservation of ovarian tissue to preserve the fertility of girls and young women at high
risk of sterility is now widely practiced. Pieces of cryopreserved ovarian cortex can be …

Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a conserved serine/threonine kinase of the
phosphatidylinositol kinase-related kinase family that regulates cell growth, metabolism, and …

Fertility preservation has received unprecedented attention nowadays. In addition to
cryopreservation and re-implantation of embryos, oocytes, and ovarian tissue pieces, in vitro …

Research focused on human reproductive biology has primarily relied upon clinical samples
affording mainly descriptive studies with limited implementation of functional or mechanistic …

In vitro ovarian cortical tissue culture, followed by culture of isolated secondary follicles, is a
promising future option for production of mature oocytes. Although efforts have been made …

Ovarian follicles develop in a highly regulated mechanical microenvironment and
disruptions to the microenvironment may cause infertility. However, the viscoelastic …

Abstract STUDY QUESTION Does imprinted DNA methylation or imprinted gene expression
differ between human blastocysts from conventional ovarian stimulation (COS) and an …

Herein, the first evidence of the ability of melatonin (MLT) to counteract cadmium (Cd) toxic
effects on the rat ovary is reported. Cd treatment, enhancing oxidative stress, provoked clear …

To establish a protocol of optimized three-dimensional (3D) culture of ovarian follicles,
various biomaterials have been investigated with regard to their properties and functions on …

Within the past decades, major progress has been accomplished in isolating
germ/stem/pluripotent cells, in refining culture medium and conditions and in establishing 3 …