Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection in the Pig: Where is the Problem?

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection in the pig: where is the problem?

1)Department of Biology of Reproduction, Institute of Animal Production, Prague 104 01, Czech Republic, 2)Genetic Diversity Department, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Kannondai 2–1–2, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305–8602, 3)Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University Sagamihara, Kanagawa 229– 8501, 4)Laboratory of Reproductive Biology & Biotechnology,...

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).

Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection

Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) is an assisted reproductive technique [4] (ART) initially developed by Dr. Gianpiero D. Palermo [5] in 1993 to treat male infertility [6]. It is most commonly used in conjunction with in vitro [7] fertilization [8] (IVF) or a less commonly used technique called zygote intrafallopian transfer [9] (ZIFT). In natural fertilization [8], the sperm [10] must pe...

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)

IVF has become a well-established treatment for certain types of infertility, including long-standing infertility due to tubal disease, endometriosis, unexplained infertility or infertility involving a male factor. Soon it became clear that certain couples with severe male-factor infertility could not be helped by conventional IVF. Extremely low sperm counts, impaired motility and/or abnormal m...

where is the problem?

where is the problem? health scientists are constantly trying to support people by diagnosing, managing the diseases, and improving health in all possible dimensions. attention has been drawn to all aspects of health including biological, psychological, social and spiritual. the problem may lay in behavior, clinical issues, organ cites, genome and epigenome. thus it falls on us, the medical soc...