Two new species of the genus Celyphoma Emeljanov, 1971 in the tribe Issini, C. quadrupla sp. nov. and C. bifurca sp. nov., are described and illustrated. In addition, the male and female reproductive systems of C. quadrupla sp. nov. are described. A key to all 26 species in the genus is provided.

There is a significant class disparity within the provision of medical treatments for infertility in the United States. Common explanations attribute this inequality to financial inaccessibility due to sparse insurance coverage and exorbitant costs. However, little is known as to why disparities still exist without the presence of such constraints, such as in states with comprehensive insurance...

Birth is the result of complex, well-defined, and coordinated events, that are tightly regulated by endocrine, nervous, and immune responses, and take place primarily in the female reproductive tract. Various mechanisms and mediators involved in pregnancy, labor, and delivery, are highly conserved among different mammalian species and mast cells emerge as potential and crucial participants in t...

The European Classification of Infertility Taskforce (ECIT) has been formed by ESHRE to develop a set of infertility-related codes (descriptions, interventions and outcomes) appropriate for computerization (http://www.ecit.info). In this article, ECIT reflects on previous suggestions in this Debate series, agreeing with the weaknesses of the current terminology used in reproductive medicine. Al...

We describe a fluorimetric method for measuring the level of H2O2 in individual mouse oocytes and early embryos. Levels of H2O2 are low but detectable in unfertilized oocytes recovered freshly from the female reproductive tract. The levels in early cleaving embryos (1-cell to 8-cell stages) immediately after recovery from the female tract seem to be slightly higher the later the stage examined....

Graziottin A 2005a Sexual pain disorders in adolescents. In: Genazzani A (ed) Proceedings of the 12th World Congress of Human Reproduction, International Academy of Human Reproduction, Venice, 10–13. CIC Edizioni Internazionali, Roma, p 434–449 Graziottin A 2006 Why deny dyspareunia its sexual meaning? Archives of Sexual Behaviour 34(1):32–34 Graziottin A 2006 Breast cancer and its effects on w...

The course of human development from conception to adulthood is extremely complex. The developing organism is particularly vulnerable to toxic insult because of rapid cell division and differentiation and severely affected during gestation and lactation. The aim of the present study was to evaluate lead toxicity on the female reproductive system during neonatal period. A total of 30 female mice...