Assisted reproductive technology (ART) includes fertility treatment in which either eggs or
embryos are handled outside a female's body to promote successful pregnancies and …

BACKGROUND Since the birth of the first baby using IVF technology in 1978, over 10 million
children have been conceived via ART. Although most aspects of ARTs were developed in …

Importance The use of assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) is steadily increasing
worldwide. The outcomes associated with treatment for an individual's long-term health …

Assisted reproductive technology (ART) may affect fetal development through epigenetic
mechanisms as the timing of ART procedures coincides with the extensive epigenetic …

Cryopreservation has important application in assisted reproductive technology (ART). The
vitrification technique has been widely used in the cryopreservation of oocytes and embryos …

Fertilization is defined as the union of two gametes. During fertilization, sperm and egg fuse
to form a diploid zygote to initiate prenatal development. In mammals, fertilization involves …

The societal burden of non-communicable disease is closely linked with environmental
exposures and lifestyle behaviours, including the adherence to a poor maternal diet from the …

For decades now, sperm cryopreservation has been a pillar of assisted reproduction in
animals as well as humans. Nevertheless, the success of cryopreservation varies across …

Genomic imprinting is illustrative of intergenerational epigenetic inheritance. The passage of
parental genomes into the embryo is accompanied by epigenetic modifications, resulting in …

Male infertility is a multifactorial condition influenced by epigenetic regulation, oxidative
stress, and mitochondrial dysfunction. Oxidative stress-induced damage leads to epigenetic …