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Creating a Global Community of Practice for Oncofertility
Ataman, Lauren M.; Rodrigues, Jhenifer K.; Marinho, Ricardo M.; Caetano, João P. J.; Chehin, Maurício B.; Motta, Eduardo L. Alves da; Serafini, PauloFertility preservation in the cancer setting, known as oncofertility, is a field that requires cross-disciplinary interaction between physicians, basic scientists, clinical researchers, ethicists, lawyers, educators, and religious leaders. Funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Oncofertility Consortium (OC) was formed to be a scientifically grounded, transparent, and altruistic resource, both intellec...
Intracytoplasmic spermatid injection and in vitro maturation: fact or fiction?
Vloeberghs, Veerle; Verheyen, Greta; Tournaye, HermanIntracytoplasmic injection with testicular spermatozoa has become a routine treatment in fertility clinics. Spermatozoa can be recovered in half of patients with nonobstructive azoospermia. The use of immature germ cells for intracytoplasmic injection has been proposed for cases in which no spermatozoa can be retrieved. However, there are low pregnancy rates following intracytoplasmic injection using round sper...