Assisted Reproductive Technology: Accomplishments and New Horizons,9780521188951

Assisted Reproductive Technology: Accomplishments and New Horizons

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Edition: Revised
ISBN13: 9780521188951
ISBN10: 0521188954
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2011-03-03
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary

This insightful and thought-provoking collection of chapters describes the rapid advances that have revolutionized reproductive medicine. From oogenesis and spermatogenesis, through to fertilization, embryogenesis, and cloning, this volume looks at cutting-edge technologies and scientific advances. Subsequent chapters focus on infertility and its diagnosis and treatment using the full armory of assisted reproductive technologies. A concluding section surveys the impact of these developments on the provision, regulation, and financing of reproductive health care in the global community.

Table of Contents

Foreword
The Gametes: Present and Future:
Spermatogenesis in vitro in mammals
The spermatozoon as a machine
Attributes of fertile spermatozoa Christopher
In vitro oogenesis
The oocyte as a machine
Epigenetic influences on human oocyte and embryo development
Unresolved and basic problems in assisted reproductive technology
Techniques: Present and future:
Influences of culture media on embryo development
Cryopreservation of immature and mature gametes
Embryonic stem cells Ann M. Lawler
Modification of the male genome by gene and spermatogonial transplantation
Genetic diagnosis - the future
Cloning mammals Don
Fluorescence imaging: gamete selection and ICSI
The Clinic:
Diagnosis and treatment of male infertility
Tests of male fertility
Diagnosis and treatment for female subfertility
Advances in ultrasound imaging Richard
The natural cycle vs stimulated cycle
Embryo stage and transfer number
The national institutes of health and the research base for improving the outcomes of ART
Concepts for the Global Community:
From conception to contraception
Developing immunocontraceptives Eileen A. McLaughlin
ARTistic license: should assisted reproductive technologies be regulated?
Finances and access to ART: justice and publication of results
Sex selection Joe Leigh Simpson and Sandra
ICSI: a time bomb? Herman
Cryopreservation of gametes and embryos - legal and ethical aspects Susan
Index
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