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Improving female fertility preservation care
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Increasing Awareness of Fertility Preservation Options in Cancer Patients & Survivors
… a million, and quality of life issues, such as preservation of fertility, are important to these young adults (SEER Cancer Statistics Review 2010). The American Society of Clinical Oncology recommends that oncologists address fertility issues prior to cancer treatment, offering available …
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Fertility preservation of ovarian germ cells: the horse and deer models
… animal models to study ovarian tissue cryopreservation will help to uncover several important factors related to germ cells preservation. Horses (Equus ferus caballus) have been proven to be an excellent model for reproductive biology studies with implications for humans. White-tailed deer …
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The Ethical Analysis of the Connection between Hope and Fertility Preservation
<p>Fertility preservation has many different indications and covers a wide variety of demographics. One major motivation for the use of fertility preservation is hope. When discussing fertility preservation, healthcare professionals present several options, but choosing which type of fertility …
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TRANSCRIPTOME LANDSCAPE OF EARLY FOLLICULOGENESIS IN MAMMALS: UNLOCKING THE INTERPLAY MECHANISMS TO ENHANCE ART EFFICIENCY IN FERTILITY PRESERVATION
… technologies (ARTs) are fundamental in fertility preservation. However, current ART procedures rely only on a limited portion of the female gamete reserve, specifically the antral follicles. In contrast, the preantral follicle population, which represents 99% of the reserve, remains …
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Using an Integrated Decision-making Framework to Identify Factors Associated with Receipt of a Fertility Consultation by Canadian Female Cancer Patients
Backgrounds: Infertility is often a distressing consequence of cancer treatment for young women who have a desire for motherhood but have not yet completed their family at the time of cancer diagnosis. Guided by the Integrated Fertility Preservation Decision-Making Framework developed in my …
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DEVELOPMENT OF PHYSIOLOGICAL CULTURE SYSTEMS TO ACCESS UNTAPPED OVARIAN RESERVES FOR IMPROVING REPRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCY
Female fertility preservation via complete in vitro folliculogenesis is still chimerical. Recreating folliculogenesis to grow a dormant primordial follicle to the preovulatory stage in vitro remains the most coveted goal of fertility preservation programs. The ability to grow undifferentiated …
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Design of Vitrification Machine
Cryopreservation of living cells and biological material by vitrification requires the expertise of a skilled lab technician and a large amount of time. Vitrification must be performed one sample at a time on tiny subjects, which makes for a tedious and unreliable process. Moreover, there is a lack …
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MULTISCALE TECHNOLOGIES FOR ENGINEERING AND CRYOPRESERVING OVARIAN TISSUES AND HUMAN IPSCs
… with ovaries in the United States are impactedby fertility issues, oftentimes caused by the dysregulation of the tightly controlled process of ovarian follicle development. Impaired fertility can arise from disorders like polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) or premature ovarian insufficiency (POI), …
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Isolation, characterisation and in vitro potential of Oogonial stem cells
… a role in clinical applications, for example in fertility preservation, in the future. Future experiments will examine the neo-oogenesis capabilities of the cells further and explore novel cell delivery systems for clinical use.
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Ice, Ice, Baby? A Sociological Exploration of Social Egg Freezing
Social egg freezing is a fertility preservation strategy which enables women to preserve a number of healthy unfertilised eggs for potential future use when faced with the threat of age-related fertility decline. The overall aim of this thesis was to explore how women understand, construct and …
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Impact of chemotherapy on the release and function of extracellular vesicles in the pre-pubertal testis
… impact of cisplatin treatment in boys is reduced fertility, as it damages the spermatogonial stem cell (SSC) niche within the testis. This niche is essential for future fertility as these SSCs will differentiate into sperm following the onset of puberty. In post-pubertal males, this can be …