Worldwide, more than 7 million children have now been born after ART: these delivery rates
are steadily rising and now comprise 2–6% of births in the European countries. To achieve …

Extensive experimental animal studies and epidemiological observations have shown that
environmental influences during early development affect the risk of later pathophysiological …

Though clinical trials for medical applications of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) reported toxicity
in the 1960s, later, the FDA classified DMSO in the safest solvent category. DMSO became …

Objective To evaluate cardiovascular and metabolic features of offspring conceived by in
vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF-ICSI). Design Literature review and …

Abstract Across the Western World there is an increasing trend to postpone childbearing.
Consequently, the negative influence of age on oocyte quality may lead to a difficulty in …

STUDY QUESTION Are singletons born after frozen embryo transfer (FET) at increased risk
of being born large for gestational age (LGA) and if so, is this caused by intrinsic maternal …

Seminal fluid is often assumed to have just one function in mammalian reproduction,
delivering sperm to fertilize oocytes. But seminal fluid also transmits signaling agents that …

Short narrative abstract Worldwide, more than 10 million children have been born after
Assisted Reproduction Technology (ART) and comprised up to 7.9% of children born in …

Concerns have been raised about the health and development of children conceived by
assisted reproductive technologies (ART) since 1978. Controversially, ART has been linked …

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 …