Fertility and Sterility

February 2012 | Vol. 97, No. 2

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Contemporary aspects of male gamete (dys)function: aiming towards optimizing the treatment of fertilization disorders
February 2012 (Vol. 97 | No. 2 | Page 247)
Zev Rosenwaks, Gianpiero D. Palermo
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Development and current applications of assisted fertilization
February 2012 (Vol. 97 | No. 2 | Pages 248-259)
Gianpiero D. Palermo, Queenie V. Neri, Devin Monahan, Justin Kocent, Zev Rosenwaks
Semen analysis: looking for an upgrade in class
February 2012 (Vol. 97 | No. 2 | Pages 260-266)
Christopher De Jonge
Epigenetics of the male gamete
February 2012 (Vol. 97 | No. 2 | Pages 267-274)
Douglas T. Carrell
Human spermatozoal RNAs
February 2012 (Vol. 97 | No. 2 | Pages 275-281)
Toshio Hamatani

Comprehensive chromosome screening is highly predictive of the reproductive potential of human embryos: a prospective, blinded, nonselection study
03 February 2012
Richard T. Scott, Kathleen Ferry, Jing Su, Xin Tao, Katherine Scott, Nathan R. Treff
Objective: To determine both the negative and positive predictive values of comprehensive chromosome screening (CCS) results for clinical outcome. Design: Data obtained from two prospective, double-bl...
Growth differentiation factor 3 is induced by bone morphogenetic protein 6 (BMP-6) and BMP-7 and increases luteinizing hormone receptor messenger RNA expression in human granulosa cells
03 February 2012
Jia Shi, Osamu Yoshino, Yutaka Osuga, Ikumi Akiyama, Miyuki Harada, Kaori Koga, Akihisa Fujimoto, Tetsu Yano, Yuji Taketani
Objective: To examine the relevance of growth differentiation factor 3 (GDF-3) and bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) cytokines in human ovary. Design: Molecular studies. Setting: Research laboratory. P...
Glutathione peroxidase activity in seminal plasma and its relationship with classical sperm parameters and in vitro fertilization-intracytoplasmic sperm injection outcome
01 February 2012
Lorena Crisol, Roberto Matorras, Fermín Aspichueta, Antonia Expósito, Maria Luisa Hernández, Maria Begoña Ruiz-Larrea, Rosario Mendoza, José Ignacio Ruiz-Sanz
Objective: To relate the glutathione peroxidase (GPX) activity level in human seminal plasma with standard semen parameters and spermatozoa fertilization potential in terms of fertilization and pregna...
Reply of the Authors
30 January 2012
Ragaa Mansour
We read with interest the Letter by Su and Sammel and wish to respond to their comments. We also wish to thank them for congratulating the investigators for exploring the intervention of intrauterine...
Remarks from the Editor
30 January 2012
David R. Meldrum
In the July 2011 issue of this Fertility and Sterility and in an online supplement we discussed various aspects of study design and the requirements for registry of clinical trials . As pointed out by...

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Announcement of Incoming Editors

The American Society for Reproductive Medicine is pleased to welcome Drs. Craig Niederberger and Antonio Pellicer as co-editors-in-chief of Fertility and Sterility. Please click here for more information.