Correlation Between DNA Damage And Sperm Parameters: A Prospective Study Of 1,633 Patients
UroToday.com - The objective of this study was to determine if there was any correlation between DNA fragmentation by using terminal deoxyribonucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling and standard semen parameters (WHO) and computer-aided sperm analysis (CASA) parameters.
Sperm Defect Severity Rather Than Sperm Source Is Associated With Lower Fertilization Rates After Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection
UroToday.com - This study is a retrospective study of 313 ICSI cycles designed to evaluate the impact of sperm defect severity (ejaculated sperm) and the type of azoospermia on the outcomes. Two major groups according to the source ofspermatozoa used for ICSI were studied.
Muslim And Christian Believers Oppose The UK Government's Embryo Bill And Oppose Any Amendment Which Removes Current Restrictions On Abortions
Letter to the EditorMuslim and Christian divine teachings prohibit almost all the proposals in the Embryo bill: 1. The making of a new creation through a cross-species (human-animal) hybrid. 2. The destruction of human embryos. 3. The making of a child without a known caring father.
Will Tubal Ligation Reversal Become A Lost Skill?
To address the shortage of experienced tubal ligation reversal specialists, a tubal reversal surgery training program has been started at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center. An ominous forecast was made in a recent article in Fertility and Sterility, a medical journal for reproductive specialists: "The future for tubal anastomosis seems grim.
UK MPs Vote To Keep 24 Week Abortion Limit
Last night, Tuesday 21st May, members of UK parliament's House of Commons voted to reject a proposal to reduce the upper limit for abortions from 24 to 22 weeks. The 22 week limit, which was rejected by a 304 to 233 majority by MPs who were given a free vote, was one of several proposals to overhaul the 20-year-old Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill and bring it in line with advances in science and medicine.
Bonaventura Reproductive Medicine To Offer Pioneering Test Of A Woman's Biological Clock
Bonaventura Reproductive Medicine announced it will offer the Repromedix's PlanAhead test, an innovative blood test that provides an assessment of a woman's egg supply by combining multiple factors including the measurement of ovary-related hormones AMH, Inhibin B, and FSH.
Fertility Doctors: Studies Suggest Artificial Insemination Increasingly Second Choice
Spurred by recent research, California fertility specialists are edging away from a traditional and well-known infertility treatment -- artificial insemination -- saying newer and improving in vitro fertilization (IVF) technology tends to cost less and work far better in the long run, ultimately saving patients time, money and heartache.
UK MPs To Vote On Hybrid Embryos
As part of a two-day series of reforms to update the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill in line with scientific advances, members of the UK parliament's House of Commons are voting later today, Monday, on whether stem cell researchers should be allowed to use hybrid human and animal embryos.
Is Tubal Ligation Permanent?
Almost every publication about tubal ligation stresses that it is a permanent method of birth control. The public, and even most doctors, believe this to be true. Although tubal sterilization is intended to be permanent, the procedure can be reversed by an experienced microsurgeon in over 95% cases.
Calif. Supreme Court Weighs Whether IVF Can Be Denied Based On Sexual Orientation
The California Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments in the case of a woman who claims she was denied in vitro fertilization by her physicians because she is a lesbian, the San Francisco Chronicle reports (Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 5/29).