Does ovarian endometrioma affect embryo aneuploidy rate in fertile women?

Does ovarian endometrioma affect embryo aneuploidy rate in fertile women? By Hale Goksever Celik

One of the most common clinical findings of women with endometriosis is the decline in fertility status. These women often benefit from in vitro fertilization methods to become pregnant. However, whether there is a detrimental effect of endometriosis on oocyte and…

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Researchers Develop New Mouse Model of Endometriosis

Researchers Develop New Mouse Model of Endometriosis By Özge Özkaya

Researchers from China developed a new mouse model to study endometriosis that could help researchers better understand the molecular mechanisms that lead to the development of endometriosis and develop potential new treatments for the disease.  Even though many animal models…

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Endometriosis Seems to Affect The Development of the Embryo

Endometriosis Seems to Affect The Development of the Embryo By Özge Özkaya

Embryos development is impaired in embryos from women with endometriosis found a new study published in the Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics. In spite of this, the outcomes of in vitro fertilization (IVF) are similar for patients with endometriosis…

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Study Sheds Light on Physiological Processes Associated with Endometriosis

Study Sheds Light on Physiological Processes Associated with Endometriosis By Özge Özkaya

Sensory nerves play an important role in the development of endometriosis as well as fibrosis, confirms a study by Chinese researchers.  A better understanding of physiological processes associated with the development of endometriosis can help researchers devise new ways to…

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Impact of Endometriosis on Embryo Development

Impact of Endometriosis on Embryo Development By Dr. Youngran Park

Endometriosis is a hormone-dependent disorder which affects approximately 10% of women in reproductive age. There are many endometriosis-related problems, but infertility is one of the well-known issues which should be handled and understood. Despite numerous trials, the mechanisms and pathology…

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Vitamin D and Endometriosis

Vitamin D and Endometriosis By Nasuhi Engin Aydin

Scientists from Milan, Italy reviewed the effects of vitamin D on the reproductive health, and in particular "endometriosis" in their article which appeared in International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Vitamin D (VD), is a steroid hormone that is activated in…

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Endometriosis Development: Pathogenesis and genomics

Endometriosis Development: Pathogenesis and genomics By Selma Oransay

In this review recently published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Baranow et al from Saint Petersburg, Russia,  hypothesize the existence of an endometriosis development genetic program (EMDP) that governs the origin of endometrium stem cells programmed for endometriosis; their transition…

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Emerging medical treatments for endometriosis

Emerging medical treatments for endometriosis By Murat Osman

Endometriosis is a disease whereby uterine tissue grows outside the walls of the uterus to the surfaces of other tissues in the body. It is a chronic disease and relies upon estrogen to grow and survive. Current medical therapies take…

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