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Advanced course in Human oocytes, embryo and ovarian tissue vitrification

13-02-2020
20-21 April 2020, Naples Italy The Advanced Embryologist Training Program provides hand-on training for Clinicians and Biologist, that are interested in acquiring improved skills and understanding of theoretical and practical aspects of Clinical Embryology practi...
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The book Fertilization in vitro written by Kay Elder and Brian Dale

19-11-2019
Published first in 1997 by Cambridge University Press has now been published in its 4th Edition. It has been for over 20 years the text of choice for students of IVF and used as official teaching material for the European Society of Human Reproduction(Eshre) and...
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In-Vitro Fertilization - Author Prof. Brian Dale

09-10-2018
In addition to hundreds of scientific publications with collaborators from all over the world, Prof. Dale has published several editions of this particular book, in Russian, Arabic and Turkish. The book is a standard text in many universities and is used in the ESHRE...
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Oxidative stress and female fertility

Alterazioni nel micro-ambiente ovocitario possono influenzare negativamente lo sviluppo embrionale. La qualità ovocitaria, che influenza la successiva vitalità embrionale, puo essere facilmente perturbata, quindi fattori che influenzano il normale proce...
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Development of an optical system based on the combination of holographic imaging and Raman spectroscopy useful to evaluate biochemical, molecular and morphological alterations alteration in living sperm cells.

The diagnosis of male infertility is vastly complex. To date, morphology (membrane integrity, presence of defects etc.), motility and concentration have been used as key parameters to establish the sperm normality and achieve pregnancy both in natural as well as in a...
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Maternal aging and mitochondria metabolism

E’ noto che l'efficienza riproduttiva delle donne e negativamente correlata con l'età della gestazione. A parte la diminuzione della riserva ovarica, prove fisiologiche e cliniche hanno dimostrato che questa correlazione è a difetti che in...
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Identification of the oocyte activation factor

Anche se il volume dello spermatozoo è 500.000 volte più piccolo  di quello dell'ovocita, esso induce cambiamenti rapidi e drammatici nella fisiologia dell'ovocita che inducono la ripresa della  meiosi. Ci sono evidenze della pres...
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