Background Despite the progress and development of diagnostic procedures and treatment of infertility in recent years, the success of advanced therapies, like IVF, is around 30-40 percent, even in the best medical centers. The aim of this study is to review the role of drinking customs in the success of IVF from the standpoint of Iranian Traditional Medicine. MaterialsAndMethods To achieve this...

Background Auto-immunization was proposed as the mechanism of contralateral testicular damage following unilateral vas deferens injuries. The objective of this experimental in vitro study was to elucidate the effect of tacrolimus (TS) as a powerful immunosuppressant on contralateral epididymal sperm fertilizing capacity following unilateral vas deferens obstruction (UVO) in mice. MaterialsAndMe...

In vitro fertilization (IVF) is a process by which an egg is fertilised by sperm outside the body: in vitro . The process involves monitoring and stimulating a woman's ovulatory process, removing an ovum or ova (egg or eggs) from the woman's ovaries and letting sperm fertilise them in a liquid in a laboratory. The fertilised egg (zygote) is cultured for 2–6 days in a growth medium and is then i...

background: echinococcus granulosus cultivation is very important for improvement of different aspect of medical and veterinary researches. despite many advances in this case, there is a missing link for in vitro life cycle of adult worms and it is fertili-zation. regarding the researchers’ observations, self-fertilization can be done in worms living in dog intestine, but despite all sorts of e...

Background: Mitochondria are the most aboudent and small essential organelles found in eukaryotic cells. These are semiautonomous organelles for the production of cellular ATP that through its various biochemical pathways. The primary pathway for ATP production is OXPHOS via the electron transfer chain (ETC) which is encoded by nuclear DNA and mtdna genomes. Mitochondria consist of double stran...

abstract gatan has distributed in the main rivers in khoozestan province and there are few researches on propagation and reproductive system of this species. therefore, this study has focused on using of activating solutions on sperm activity and fertilization capability in gatan fish in comparison with grass carp. in this research, 5 activating solutions together with workshop water and distil...

This study was undertaken to compare the efficiency of fresh and frozen-thawed buck semen on in vitro fertilization (IVF) of goat oocytes. Cumulus oocytes complexes (COCs) were collected by aspiration of 2-6 mm diameter follicles, which were obtained from slaughterhouse. Upon grading, only normal quality COCs were maturated in TCM-199 for 48 hours. The percentage of COCs reached to the M-II sta...

This study was undertaken to compare the efficiency of fresh and frozen-thawed buck semen on in vitro fertilization (IVF) of goat oocytes. Cumulus oocytes complexes (COCs) were collected by aspiration of 2-6 mm diameter follicles, which were obtained from slaughterhouse. Upon grading, only normal quality COCs were maturated in TCM-199 for 48 hours. The percentage of COCs reached to the M-II sta...

background: in vitro maturation (ivm) of oocytes is a promising technique to reduce the costs and avert the side-effects of gonadotropin stimulation for in vitro fertilization (ivf). the pregnancy rates from oocytes matured in vitro are much lower than those of in vivo stimulation cycles, indicating that optimization of ivm remains a challenge. objective: in this study, we investigated the effe...

background: the high fertilization failure after ivf treatment cycles could be related to chromosomal abnormalities. this study was carried out to assess the frequency of chromosomal abnormality on human oocytes lacking signs of fertilization 18-20 h after insemination . materials and methods: on day one, 18-20 h after insemination (ivf), fertilization was confirmed when two pronuclei (normal i...