Os métodos não invasivos superarão os invasivos para avaliar gametas e embriões?

The need to identify the most viable embryo following in vitro fertilization (IVF) was established early in the history of human IVF, when the only available information about the embryo could be obtained from cleavage rates and morphology patterns. Indeed, early studies, including those by Bob Edwards, stated that ‘‘cleavage rates on a certain day […]

Cultura do Semen

There are currently no WHO guidelines on the indications for semen culture; however, semen cultures are performed in the evaluation of male infertility and the assisted reproductive technology (ART) process. The relevance and significance of positive semen cultures is widely debated in the literature, with no current consensus on the usefulness of this test in […]

Estudo: ibuprofeno pode causar infertilidade masculina

Aspirina e paracetamol tomados durante a gravidez também afetam os testículos de bebés ainda no ventre da mãe A toma de ibuprofeno pode ter um impacto negativo nos testículos de homens jovens, de acordo com um estudo publicado esta segunda-feira na revista Proceedings of f the National Academy of Sciences. Na investigação, que envolveu um […]

A Reprodução Humana Assistida no SUS: Saúde Reprodutiva é um direito constitucional

Por Maíra Casalechi Desde 1988, quando a atual constituição brasileira foi promulgada, a saúde se tornou um direito de todos e um dever do Estado, representando uma conquista importante para a sociedade brasileira. Consequentemente, tornando esse direito uma realidade, o Sistema Único de Saúde –o SUS –, o maior e mais complexo sistema de saúde público, […]

Homenagem à Aparecida dos Santos Canha, a Cidinha

Como vimos na última edição do Papo de Laboratório, a história da embriologia no Brasil é muito recente, temos o privilégio de ainda conviver e aprender com os pioneiros da nossa profissão. Poder contar com o feeling e acúmulo de conhecimento de anos de trabalho desses personagens é algo inestimável. Enquanto pensávamos em quem convidaríamos […]

Pioneering IVF technique offers hope to families with inheritable mitochondrial disorders

Details of a pioneering IVF technique using mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT) have been revealed, giving hope to those families with inheritable mitochondrial disorders that they may be able to have healthy children in the future. The research and editorial, published in the journal “For some years, reproductive specialists have been able to deselect genetically affected […]

Method behind first successful mitochondrial replacement therapy revealed

Details of the world’s first successful use of mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT) in IVF have been published. Although the birth of a healthy baby to a mother carrying the mitochondrial mutation for Leigh Syndrome was announced in the press last year, the scientific details had not been revealed until now, and have raised both positive […]

Smartphone-Based Semen Analyzer To Screen Male Infertility at Home

A new smartphone app that analyzes semen has been developed to help men test their infertility at the privacy and comfort of their home, finds new research. In tests, the researchers found that the easy-to-use smartphone app and accessory analyzes sperm concentration and motility with approximately 98 per cent accuracy. The research, published in the […]