List of articles on reproductive medicine

Discovered by Osaka University, a unique mechanism by which sperm sense "electrical signals"

 A research group led by Assistant Professor Takafumi Kawai and Professor Koji Okamura of Osaka University has revealed that sperm have a special mechanism for feeling "electricity" using mice […].

In vitro fertilization using ruptured follicles, Chiba University, etc. succeeded

The joint research group of Professor Makio Ikumizu of Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine and Natural Art Clinic Nihonbashi in Chuo-ku, Tokyo has been a body […].

Should the University of Tokyo Socially Allow Uterus Transplantation and Surrogate Conception?

 Dr. Tetsuya Hirata of the University of Tokyo Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Obstetrics, Professor Minoru Osuga of Women's Surgery, and others deal with uterine transplantation, surrogacy, and adoption […]

Succeeded in developing a system for artificial intelligence to discriminate and evaluate promising sperm

 The research group of Professor Tomoki Hamagami of Yokohama National University Institute of Engineering is TESE (Testicul […]] performed by a testicular sperm extractor in the treatment of male infertility.

Started development of AI that assists in discriminating good sperm, such as the Jikei University School of Medicine

 With the recent shift to late marriage and late birth, the number of patients requiring infertility treatment is steadily increasing.Assisted reproductive technology including in vitro fertilization […]

Conducted a domestic awareness survey on assisted reproductive technology through third parties such as egg donation and surrogate pregnancy

 Lecturer Tetsuya Hirata, Professor Minoru Osuga of the University of Tokyo Hospital, Women's Surgery, et al.

Kyoto University elucidates part of the cause of male infertility and expects development of new treatment method

 A research group led by Tomoko Sakamoto, a researcher at Kyoto University, found that normal sperm […] due to the interaction between “Sertoli cells” present in the testis and sperm cells.

World's first successful establishment of human placental stem cells Tohoku University and Kyushu University

 The placenta is an important organ that supplies nutrients and oxygen to the foetation.Placental stem cells (TS cells) have the ability to replicate themselves and differentiate into placental cells […]

Hiroshima University develops "ovarian rejuvenation method" to improve the decrease in pregnancy rate due to aging

 The late marriage associated with the social advancement of women has resulted in an increase in the age of women who desire children, which has contributed to the increase in infertile couples.In-vitro reception […]

Store sperm at room temperature for 10 years or more, identify special genes of queen ants Konan University, etc.

The queen ant mates with a male shortly after emergence, and continues to store the sperm received at that time in the "fertilization sac" in the body until it dies, and repeats spawning. […]