Pregnancy is the result of a series of highly complex processes, which can be deranged by multiple disturbances on many different levels. Physicians are increasingly dealing with couples suffering from infertility. This rise in case numbers is mainly due ...

Male infertility is frequently involved in the couples infertility and therefore the diagnostic work up of the couple should always involve gynaecologists and andrologists. The main task of the interdisciplinary diagnostic work up is the direction of the ...

Despite the controversial discussions, which have accompanied it since its first introduction of into clinical medicine particularly in Switzerland, assisted reproductive medicine has come to acquire a firm standing in present-day society. This broad ...

Reproduction and the family are central elements in the lives of people, and in the narratives and practices of diverse cultures and societies. In the development of ever more powerful techniques of assisted reproduction a number of questions have ...

After first successful attempts of IVF treatment medical action was for the better part faced with a legislative vacuum. It took more than ten years until appropriate legal provisions for treatment in reproductive medicine could be established in Austria, ...

Reproductive medicine becomes more and more important due to demographic changes and an increased demand. Since the German “Embryonenschutzgesetz” was set in 1991 many medical improvements could be achieved which are not covered by law. Health can be ...

Currently, there is a rising trend to consider a multiple delivery as a genuine complication of assisted reproduction, which can be prevented by the replacement of one single, selected embryo. Particularly previously infertile women due to their poor ...

Especially young women with cancer face rising survival rates due to remarkable progress in oncologic therapies. Preserving fertility is a major concern for both patients and their next of kin. Well established reproductive technologies such as ...

The differentiation potential of embryonic stem (ES) cells seems to be higher when compared to adult stem cells, which mainly differentiate into certain tissue types only. ES cells have the potential to play an important role in regenerative medicine as ...