Future Of Reproduction Research Articles

Reimagining the Future of Reproduction from a Black Queer Lens: An Art-Based Approach to the Study of Reproductive Health Care

ABSTRACT Black Queer people’s reproductive experiences are largely under-documented and under-reported in health communication research, despite the omnipresence of their storytelling within humanities-based literature. Drawing from a larger health study using Black feminist perspectives and centering Black Queer people’s lived experiences with reproduction, previous health research, and Black Queer poetics, this study uses an art-based research approach to create erasure poems that detail how Black Queer birthing people resist and survive reproductive-based injustices. Specifically, through this innovative approach, I construct eight erasure poems developed from the previous insights of Black Queer people’s answer to “What is the future of reproduction?” These poems detail unparalleled truths about the needs and strategies that necessitate efforts to improve reproductive justice for my community. The poems detail Black Queer people’s discussions of the importance of community networks along our reproductive health journeys, creating new conceptualizations of motherhood and parenthood, new understandings of reproductive-based stigma and oppression, and our use of spirituality as a tool for reclaiming reproductive autonomy.

The Unthinkable Conclusion: Derek Parfit's Budding Antinatalism.

Derek Parfit famously opined that causing a person to exist with a life barely worth living can be wrong, although it is not wrong for that person. This conundrum is known as the nonidentity problem. Parfit also held that persons can, in a morally relevant sense, be caused to exist in the distant future by actions that make the agent a necessary condition for a person's existence. When these views are combined, which he did, and applied explicitly to persons with a life not worth living, which he did not, an interesting conditional conclusion can be drawn. If every family line eventually produces a person with a life not worth living, and if causing that person to exist cannot be justified by the benefits befalling others in the family line, it is always wrong to have children. Parfit did not draw this antinatalist conclusion, but an analysis of his introduction of the nonidentity problem shows that he could have. Since Parfit's other views on population ethics continue to be discussed with relative respect, it stands to reason that the antinatalist position should be no exception. Right or wrong, it has its legitimate place in considerations concerning the future of reproduction.

Exploring Advances in Reproduction and Stem Cell Biology: Highlights from The 24th and 19th International Congresses in Iran.

The 24th and 19th International Congresses on Reproduction and Stem Cell Biology in the Islamic Republic of Iran brought together experts and researchers worldwide to explore the latest advancements in these fields. Different topics were discussed, including such as reproductive health, infertility treatments, stem cell research, and regenerative medicine. This report provides a summary of the congress's key findings by emphasizing pioneer research and technologies that can influence the future of reproduction and stem cell biology programs. The presence of keynote speakers such as Professor Nicolas Rivron, Mohammad Ebrahim Parsanezhad, Ashraf Moini, Abbas Aflatoonian, Hadi Shafiee, Anna Brini, Omid Camron Farokhzad, and Jeffrey Schweitzer added value to the event, which had over 1100 participants from around the world. While foreign speakers were from various countries Iranian speakers mainly came from Tabriz, Isfahan, Shiraz, Babol, and Tehran that all discussed cutting-edge science and successful disease treatments. To ensure a more comprehensive representation, it is suggested that a wider geographic distribution of national and foreign speakers should be considered in future plan.

RETRACTION NOTICE: Future of human reproduction

Retraction note: Álvarez Díaz, J. A. (2023). Future of human reproduction. TECHNO REVIEW. International Technology, Science and Society Review Revista Internacional De Tecnología, Ciencia Y Sociedad, 15(1), 2–11. https://doi.org/10.37467/revtechno.v13.4796 The Editorial Office of Eurasia Academic Publishing Group has retracted this article. An investigation carried out by our Research Integrity Department has found a group of articles, among which this one is found, that are not within the thematic scope of the journal. We believe that the editorial process was manipulated and, furthermore, acceptance decisions were made under possibly inappropriate peer review.

Surrogacy versus artificial womb technology: the future of reproduction in the European Union

Surrogacy versus artificial womb technology: the future of reproduction in the European Union

The New Technological Advances of Reproduction in Mammals

This research paper explores the latest technological advances in mammalian reproduction, emphasizing the mechanisms and innovations in both sexual and asexual reproduction. We delve into traditional methods such as allogamy and autogamy, alongside cellular processes like mitosis and meiosis. Advances in samesex reproduction and emerging reproductive strategies are discussed, highlighting their potential applications and implications. We contrast asexual and sexual reproduction, considering the evolutionary advantages and challenges each presents. Additionally, we explore concepts like the Lottery Principle and natural vegetative structures, providing a comprehensive overview of how these technologies might shape the future of mammalian reproduction.

3D culture applied to reproduction in females: possibilities and perspectives.

In vitro cell culture is a well-established technique present in numerous laboratories in diverse areas. In reproduction, gametes, embryos, and reproductive tissues, such as the ovary and endometrium, can be cultured. These cultures are essential for embryo development studies, understanding signaling pathways, developing drugs for reproductive diseases, and in vitro embryo production (IVP). Although many culture systems are successful, they still have limitations to overcome. Three-dimensional (3D) culture systems can be close to physiological conditions, allowing greater interaction between cells and cells with the surrounding environment, maintenance of the cells' natural morphology, and expression of genes and proteins such as in vivo. Additionally, three-dimensional culture systems can stimulated extracellular matrix generating responses due to the mechanical force produced. Different techniques can be used to perform 3D culture systems, such as hydrogel matrix, hanging drop, low attachment surface, scaffold, levitation, liquid marble, and 3D printing. These systems demonstrate satisfactory results in follicle culture, allowing the culture from the pre-antral to antral phase, maintaining the follicular morphology, and increasing the development rates of embryos. Here, we review some of the different techniques of 3D culture systems and their applications to the culture of follicles and embryos, bringing new possibilities to the future of assisted reproduction.

New techno-natures: the future of human reproduction in sci-art

ABSTRACT In the fields of sci-art, bioart and speculative design, contemporary artists are creating experiential visions of the future based on trends within science. Two artworks with futuristic figurations of human reproduction, Pinar Yoldas’ Designer Babies and Ai Hasegawa’s I Wanna Deliver a Dolphin/I Wanna Deliver a Shark, serve as the point of departure for revisiting the eternal nature-culture debate. Hasegawa’s work explores relations to other species in the radical figuration of humans giving birth to sharks and dolphins. Yoldas plays with the notion of bioscientists as playing God, giving genetically modified progeny god-like features, while critically showcasing the potential of genetic engineering. Contemporary sci-art stages experiments and encounters of technoscience and human biology, thus experiments with the very ‘facts of life’. These sci-art works involve critical perspectives on the technoscience of assisted reproduction including surrogacy and genetic engineering. Still, they configure nature not as threatened but as dynamic, responsive, and continually undergoing change. By expanding the perspective on human reproduction through surprising and mind-expanding figurations, they address emerging technologies as a shift to new techno-natures, entailing the ongoing merging of natural biological processes with emerging biotechnologies.

The First Baby Born After Polygenic Embryo Screening

The First Baby Born After Polygenic Embryo Screening

Missed connections: recombination and human aneuploidy.

The physical exchange of DNA between homologs, crossing-over, is essential to orchestrate the unique, reductional first meiotic division (MI). In females, the events of meiotic recombination that serve to tether homologs and facilitate their disjunction at MI occur during fetal development, preceding the MI division by several decades in our species. Data from studies in humans and mice demonstrate that placement of recombination sites during fetal development influences the likelihood of an MI nondisjunction event that results in the production of an aneuploid egg. Here we briefly summarize what we know about the relationship between aneuploidy and meiotic recombination and important considerations for the future of human assisted reproduction.

코로나 시대의 ‘젠더 위기’와 생태주의 사회적 재생산의 미래

재난의 영향력은 이미 존재하는 젠더, 계급, 인종적 불평등에 기생하며 증폭한다. 특히, 코로나 위기는 사적 영역이 의식주, 안전, 교육, 노동, 돌봄 등의 중층적 요구를 수행하는 장소가 되면서 여성에게 최대의 부담을 지우며, 부정적인 영향을 미치고 있다. 여성들은 재난을 ‘피할 수 없는’ 상황으로 받아들이며, 전통적 성 역할이나 노동 시장에서의 불평등한 대우를 감내하는 혹은 감내하라는 사회적 압박을 받는다. 동시에 여성들은 코로나 위기로 장기화한 사회적 돌봄의 공동화를 메우는 것이 개별 여성의 희생만으로 가능하지 않다는 점도 인식하게 되었다. 본 논문은 코로나 재난 위기를 가족, 노동, 돌봄, 안전, 회복 가능성의 측면에서 분석함으로써 포스트-코로나 사회 기획의 페미니즘적 관점을 제시하고자 한다. 본 논문은 재난 이후의 대안적 사회 기획은 기존의 경제 중심, 인간중심 모델을 넘어선 생태주의적 관점의 사회적 재생산모델을 지향할 때만이 회복적 젠더 정의에 도달할 수 있음을 강조한다.

In-vitro gametogenesis on YouTube - Epistemological performances from Strasbourg and Los Angeles.

YouTube hosts two records of interest for those interested in how human-stem-cell-derived gametes are made: one from the USA and one from France. Human-stem-cell-derived gametes, sometimes called ‘artificial gametes’ or ‘synthetic gametes’, are the result of in-vitro gametogenesis (IVG). IVG is a technology in the making that attempts to create oocytes and spermatozoa from embryonic cells or skin cells. This article presents some elements of these videos in written form, and asks what information is publicly available to ‘think with’, and what is not, when it comes to imagining the future of human reproduction. Focusing on the staging of science, this article argues that these videos represent ways of understanding and interrogating science, and display epistemological performances. The comparison is helpful to analyse how a shared global bioscientific authority is valued in these two locations, pointing at areas 'back stage' that the social sciences can illuminate.

Uterus Didelphys dengan Agenesis Servik Bilateral

Background : The mullerian duct anomaly is a congenital abnormality of the female reproductive system caused by abnormal embryological development during pregnancy. If accompanied by cervical agenesis and infertility, intervention must be taken. Accurate diagnosis and proper treatment are very crucial to the future of reproduction and treatment of infertility in patients. Objective : Reporting the handling of cases of uterine didelphys accompanied by bilateral cervical agenesis. Method : Case report Case : Reported cases of women aged 34 years with primary amenorrhea and 9 years primary infertility, not typical cyclic pain, normal secondary sex development and from gynecological examination obtained cervical agenesis. Transvaginal ultrasound examination found a mass with the appearance of adenomyosis. Laparoscopic performed show 2 masses, 1 mass resembling adenomyosis with a size of 9x6x5cm located lateral to the left pelvis and another mass in the form of a hypoplastic uterus with a size of 2x2x1cm visible 2 tubes with 2 ovaries within normal limits. Uterine mass resembling adenomyosis with a location far from the vagina making it difficult to do anastomoses while other uterus hypoplasia and non-functional. Hysterectomies were performed on the mass of adenomyosis with the results of PA was adenomyosis. Conclusion : The uterus didelphys with bilateral cervical agenesis with 1 uterine adenomyosis and located in the pelvic lateral it was difficult to do uterovaginal anastomose so that hysterectomy was performed. Second uterine was hypoplasia and non-functional so that no action was taken. Need to think about "future fertility" in these patients and various options for having children. Keywords: Primary Amenorrhea, Uterine Didelphys, Cervical Agenesis, Adenomyosis

Uterus Didelphys dengan Agenesis Servik Bilateral

Background : The mullerian duct anomaly is a congenital abnormality of the female reproductive system caused by abnormal embryological development during pregnancy. If accompanied by cervical agenesis and infertility, intervention must be taken. Accurate diagnosis and proper treatment are very crucial to the future of reproduction and treatment of infertility in patients.Objective: Reporting the handling of cases of uterine didelphys accompanied by bilateral cervical agenesis.Method : Case reportCase: Reported cases of women aged 34 years with primary amenorrhea and 9 years primary infertility, not typical cyclic pain, normal secondary sex development and from gynecological examination obtained cervical agenesis. Transvaginal ultrasound examination found a mass with the appearance of adenomyosis. Laparoscopic performed show 2 masses, 1 mass resembling adenomyosis with a size of 9x6x5cm located lateral to the left pelvis and another mass in the form of a hypoplastic uterus with a size of 2x2x1cm visible 2 tubes with 2 ovaries within normal limits. Uterine mass resembling adenomyosis with a location far from the vagina making it difficult to do anastomoses while other uterus hypoplasia and non-functional. Hysterectomies were performed on the mass of adenomyosis with the results of PA was adenomyosis.Conclusion: The uterus didelphys with bilateral cervical agenesis with 1 uterine adenomyosis and located in the pelvic lateral it was difficult to do uterovaginal anastomose so that hysterectomy was performed. Second uterine was hypoplasia and non-functional so that no action was taken. Need to think about "future fertility" in these patients and various options for having children. Keywords: Primary Amenorrhea, Uterine Didelphys, Cervical Agenesis, Adenomyosis

Современное состояние и перспективы воспроизводства водных биологических ресурсов для промышленной аквакультуры в Астраханской области

Современное состояние и перспективы воспроизводства водных биологических ресурсов для промышленной аквакультуры в Астраханской области

Urinary phthalate metabolites and environmental phenols in university students in South China

In China, university students have unique lifestyles compared with the rest of the youth population, as they are almost entirely isolated in campuses. The number of university students is large, and since students represent the future of human reproduction, exposure to environmental endocrine disruptors (EEDs) may have a large impact on society. In this study, levels of several EEDs, including phthalate metabolites, parabens, bisphenol A (BPA) and its analogues, triclosan (TCS), and benzophenone-3, were determined in 169 urine samples collected from university students in Guangzhou, South China. In addition, to further understand the potential sources of EEDs in their daily lives, a survey of students’ lifestyles was conducted. Based on the urinary concentrations of EEDs and the survey results, daily exposure doses of target EEDs and their potential sources were investigated. Our results indicated that nine phthalate metabolites, three parabens, and BPA were ubiquitous (detection frequency > 60%) in the urine of university students. The concentrations of total phthalates (median: 99.4 µg L−1) were orders of magnitude higher than those of total parabens (7.30 µg L−1) and of other environmental phenols (0.40 µg L−1). Significantly higher concentrations of phthalates, parabens, and TCS were found in female versus male students, partly due to the higher usage of personal care products (PCPs) by female students (p < 0.05). The estimated daily intakes (EDIs) of phthalates, parabens, BPA, and TCS were 0.46–1.35, 3.29–10.3, 0.007, and 0.67 µg/kg-bw/day, respectively. The EDIs of phthalates and BPA were much lower than those suggested by the European Food Safety guidelines (10, 50, and 50 µg/kg-bw/day for dibutyl phthalate, diethylhexyl phthalate, and BPA, respectively). Our results indicated that university students were widely exposed to EEDs, but at relatively low doses. PCP usage was the main reason for differences in levels of phthalates (especially diethyl phthalate) and parabens between male and female students in South Chinese universities.

Surviving difference: Endocrine-disrupting chemicals, intergenerational justice and the future of human reproduction

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals have been identified as posing risks to reproductive health and may have intergenerational effects. However, responses to the potential harms they pose frequently rely on medicalised understandings of the body and normative gender identities. This article develops an intersectional feminist framework of intergenerational justice in response to the potential risks posed by endocrine-disrupting chemicals. We examine critiques of endocrine disruptors from feminist, critical disability and queer standpoints, and explore issues of race and class in exposures. We argue that responding to the risks posed by endocrine disruptors such as brominated flame retardants (BFRs) and phthalates requires developing a theory of intergenerational justice that recognises relationality and transcorporeality, and that also recognises harm in terms of suffering, not in terms of difference.

It's “the End of Sex” As We Know It, and I Feel … a Little Nervous

AbstractReading Henry Greely's wonderful book, The End of Sex and the Future of Human Reproduction, while riding public transport sparked awkward looks and equally awkward discussions. I thought of removing the dust jacket, yet I was reminded that Greely's stated purpose in writing the book was to spark conversation. The title is, of course, intentionally provocative. Greely does not, in fact, believe that humans will stop having sex for the multitude of reasons that we do already. Quite the contrary; he proposes that sex for reproduction will become a technical endeavor, while sex for pleasure or other purposes beyond reproduction will remain as it is. In a not‐too‐distant future, advances in genomics and assisted reproduction, especially preimplantation genetic diagnosis, will allow us to control the genetic makeup of embryos. To a limited degree, PGD already makes this possible, but what Greely proposes is slightly different. His vision of the future depends on the potential for further advances of today's already fairly complex biotechnology. Greely does an excellent job of making this cutting‐edge science easy to understand.

Скромные демографические результаты пронаталистской политики в контексте долговременной эволюции рождаемости в России. Часть 2

&#x0D; В российском экспертном сообществе и медийном пространстве получила распространение точка зрения о необыкновенном росте рождаемости в России, который свидетельствует о положительных результатах действия специальных мер по материальному стимулированию рождаемости, принятых государством после 2006 г.В то же время имеют ли демографы сильные основания, чтобы поддерживать повышенный оптимизм, свойственный сегодня политикам и администраторам разного уровня? По мнению автора, некоторые положительные подвижки имеются, но значимость их совершенно недостаточна, чтобы смотреть на будущее российской рождаемости и воспроизводство населения страны с оптимизмом.В данной статье автор продолжает свои прежние исследования в области углубленного демографического анализа российской рождаемости c привлечением новейших статистических данных за 2014 г. В статье дается общий обзор тенденций основных характеристик рождаемости за несколько десятилетий, а также развивается методологический аппарат анализа показателей рождаемости для реальных поколений с целью получения более надежных перспективных оценок.Статья состоит из двух взаимосвязанных частей.В первой части, представленной в предыдущем номере журнала, автор рассматривает показатели рождаемости для условных поколений (календарных лет) с учетом новейших изменений в структурных характеристиках российской модели рождаемости, произошедших за последние несколько десятилетий.Во второй части статьи, представленной в данном номере журнала, речи идет о показателях рождаемости для реальных поколений женщин, фактическая и ожидаемая репродуктивная активность которых приходится на вторую половину XX – первые десятилетия XXI века.&#x0D;

Скромные результаты пронаталистской политики на фоне долговременной эволюции рождаемости в России. Часть 1

В российском экспертном сообществе и медийном пространстве распространена точка зрения о необыкновенном росте рождаемости в России, который свидетельствует о положительных результатах действия специальных мер по материальному стимулированию рождаемости, принятых государством после 2006 г.Точка зрения автора статьи более сдержана. Некоторые положительные подвижки действительно имеются, но значимость их совершенно недостаточна, чтобы смотреть на будущее российской рождаемости и воспроизводство населения страны с оптимизмом.В статье дается общий обзор тенденций основных характеристик рождаемости за несколько десятилетий включая данные за 2014 г. Автор продолжает свои прежние исследования в области углубленного демографического анализа российской рождаемости и методологии анализа показателей рождаемости для реальных поколений с целью получения более надежных перспективных оценок.Статья состоит из двух взаимосвязанных частей.В этом номере журнала автор рассматривает показатели рождаемости дляусловных поколений (календарных лет) с учетом новейших изменений в структурных характеристиках российской модели рождаемости, произошедших за последние несколько десятилетий.Во второй части статьи, которую читатель найдет в следующем номере журнала, речь пойдет о показателях рождаемости дляреальных поколений женщин, фактическая и ожидаемая репродуктивная активность которых приходится на вторую половину ХХ – первые десятилетия XXI века.