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Diagnosis of infertility caused by sperm centriole dysfunction
Project ID D2020-37 Background Couples struggling with infertility have the option of trying to expand their families with assisted reproductive technology (ART), such as in vitro fertilization. However, ART comes at a high cost and is only successful in about half of cases in the United States. Prior to electing ART, a couple’s fertility is...
Published: 6/18/2024   |   Inventor(s): Tomer Avidor-Reiss, Emily Fishman, Katrina Turner
Keywords(s): Centriole, FRAC, Infertility, Sperm
Category(s): Diagnostics, Animal Health
Therapeutic Use of Relaxin to Reduce Risk in Pregnancies Aided by Assisted Reproductive Technologies
Improves Maternal Physiology and Cardiovascular Adaptations During Pregnancy This treatment option provides recombinant relaxin to patients conceiving by Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART), restoring overall cardiovascular conditions during pregnancy. Assisted reproductive technology aims to obtain pregnancy by way of in vitro fertilization of...
Published: 6/27/2021   |   Inventor(s): Kirk Conrad
Keywords(s): Assisted Reproductive Technology, Embryo, infertility, IYF, relaxin, relaxin mimetic
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Human Health Care > Therapeutics
Effective, Non-Hormonal Contraceptive That Blocks Ovulation
Safe and inexpensive, it can be administered as a pill, patch, or intra-vaginal ringThis female contraceptive blocks ovulation without the use of hormones. Although hormonal contraceptives are convenient and highly effective, the circulation of extra estrogen and progesterone throughout the body creates numerous unwanted side effects. For example, prolonged...
Published: 8/24/2021   |   Inventor(s):  
Keywords(s): 2-deoxyglucose, folliculogensis, infertility, Ovary, ovulation, primary ovarian failure (POF), primordial follicles
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Human Health Care > Others