The Good Experience

Archive for May, 2009

Researchers from the National Institutes of Health and other institutions have identified in mice two proteins essential for ovulation to take place. The finding has implications for treating infertility resulting from a failure of ovulation to occur as well as for developing new means to prevent pregnancy by preventing the release of the egg. The proteins, called ERK1 and ERK2, appear to bring about the maturation and release of the egg.

Two enzymes called extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERK1 and ERK2) are critical factors in a pathway that induces ovulation, maturation of the mammalian egg (oocyte) and other activities key to ovarian function and female fertility, said a group of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) in a report that appears today in the journal Science.

A medical home test kit based on a protein discovered at the University of Virginia Health System SpermCheck Vasectomy has begun shipping to zip codes across the U.S., marking the launch of a new product line that could revolutionize the way men around the world monitor their reproductive status. “The SpermCheck family of products is intended for use by men on both sides of the fertility equation those who don’t want to father children and those who do,” notes John C.

The industry’s first interactive, behind-the-scenes video takes viewers day-by-day through the techniques and procedures of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) through a new online destination from Cook Medical. CookARTLab.com is designed to improve laboratory and clinical performance in the field of assisted reproductive technology (A.R.T.).