Publications by authors named "G Murugappan"
Objective: To compare embryologic and clinical outcomes following oocyte cryopreservation (OC) and immediate fertilization for embryo cryopreservation (EC) in non-infertile patients.
Design: Retrospective cohort study SUBJECTS: Patients treated at a single fertility center from 2016 to 2023.
Exposure: OC MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Blastocyst development was compared between women undergoing OC and non-infertile women undergoing immediate fertilization for EC between 18 and 42 years of age.
Purpose: Although infertility (i.e., failure to conceive after ≥ 12 months of trying) is strongly correlated with established breast cancer risk factors (e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCultivating awareness for reproduction as a window to future health presents an opportunity for early identification and modification of risk factors that can affect both individual and population-level morbidity and mortality. Infertility could serve as both a window into future health as well as a pathway to future pathology. The underlying mechanisms of infertility may share common pathways with long-term risk for health and well-being.
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- The study looked at how people feel about what to do with extra embryos they donate to a research biobank.
- Researchers collected answers from 320 participants about how hard it was for them to decide what to do with their embryos and how well they understood the counseling they got.
- Most people said they would throw away their embryos if they couldn’t donate them, and there was a difference in how men and women felt about it, showing that donation to research is an important choice, along with the need for better counseling.
Objective: To present the framework of Stanford Fertility and Reproductive Health's comprehensive reproductive biobanking initiatives and the results of the first year of recruitment.
Design: Technical description article.
Setting: Academic fertility center.