Technique may allow cancer patients to freeze eggs, preserving fertility before starting treatment
A new technique might allow women diagnosed with cancer the opportunity to have children when chemotherapy and radiation treatments rob them of their fertility, researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have found. Freezing eggs is one t...Scripps research scientists identify infertility molecule
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute are reporting that mice created to lack a certain type of molecule known as an LPA receptor have fertility problems, which suggests that these receptors play a major role in conception. In the latest issue of the journal Nature, the scientists detail how mice that lack LPA receptors, which normally appear on the surface of cells in a mouse's wo...New Discovery May Help Doctors Treat Infertility
New research suggests that medications commonly referred to as fertility drugs may be ineffective for women who lack a gene called the estrogen receptor beta. The study showed that fertility drugs did not improve ovulation rates in mice that were genetically engineered to lack estrogen receptor beta. The estrogen receptor beta is one of two estrogen receptor proteins which mediate the effects of...Fertility drugs given 'all-clear' in new study
Concerns about the use of letrozole, an easy-to-use and inexpensive drug for the treatment of infertility, appear to be unfounded, according to a major study co–authored by Dr. Togas Tulandi, Director of Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Jewish General Hospital, and Professor of Obstetrics a...Absence of critical protein linked to infertility
The absence of a key protein may lead to infertility. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign report that experiments involving mice -- to be detailed in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences -- indicate that the transcription factor protein C/EBPb must be present in the uterus for pregnancy to occur. The study appears online this week at the PNAS Web si...Infertility linked to lawn chemicals by Marshfield Clinic researcher
Marshfield, Wis. Low-dose exposures to agricultural and lawn care pesticides may cause injury to developing embryos before a pregnancy is even noticed, according to a , and bein...Male infertility in relation to cancer
Researhers from Britain examining the relationship between increasing rates of testicular cancer and decreasing sperm quality, have concluded men who have infertility problems have an increased risk of developing cancer. As reported in the issue of the British Medical Journal (BMJ), the study found a strong association between men with infertility problems and the subsequent risk of...Male infertility in relation to pesticide
Exposure to pesticides and solvents can further lower fertility among infertile men, a new report suggests.The study shows these chemicals may worsen the effect of pre-existing genetic or medical risk factors for infertility. The authors stress the findings should be treated with caution because they involved a selected population of infertile men, from a productive farming region in A...Infertility in relation with virus
German scientists reveal that a virus is possibly resposible for infertility.The virus is called adeno-associated virus (AAV) and was found in samples of testicular tissue taken from men whose semen was abnormal. The virus was found in these men far more frequently than in those with normal semen. Dr Jorg Schlehofer, from the Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum in Heidelberg, which condu...Shapely sperm-a valuable indicator of fertility
According to a study, shapely sperm is the best indicator of a man's fertility, that rewrites the standards for analyzing semen samples. According to Dr. Dav Guzhik, chairman of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Cleavland, every treatment for infertility depends upon first establishing what's normal and abnormal. The World Health Organization's widely used standards to classify seme...Relief to pregnant women using fertility drugs
Women who use fertility drugs to get pregnant can breathe a sigh of relief. A new study offers the best evidence that the popular medications used to increase the number of eggs a woman produces in a single monthly cycle do not increase the risk of ovarian cancer. // The controversy over the link between fertility drugs and ovarian cancer developed about 10 years ago, when small, isola...ClearPlan (Clearblue) Easy Fertility Monitor
Description:The Clearblue Fertility Monitor has been designed for women actively wishing to become pregnant. It uses a special algorithm to help identify the time of high fertility typically up to five days before a woman reaches her peak fertility. By doing so, it maximises her chances of conceiving. The product comprises a number of test sticks and a hand held Fertility Monitor, and monitors the levels o...