Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation for Fertility Preservation in Patients with Hemoglobin Disorders: A Comprehensive Review.

Hemoglobin diseases like sickle cell disease (SCD) and β-thalassemia (BT) present fertility challenges for affected patients. SCD and BT result from abnormal hemoglobin production or structure and pose numerous health concerns. Despite medical advancements improving the quality of life or even providing cures, SCD and BT pose unique fertility concerns for women.

Molecular Insights into the Synergistic Effects of Putrescine and Ammonium on Dinoflagellates.

Ammonium and polyamines are essential nitrogen metabolites in all living organisms. Crosstalk between ammonium and polyamines through their metabolic pathways has been demonstrated in plants and animals, while no research has been directed to explore this relationship in algae or to investigate the underlying molecular mechanisms. Previous research demonstrated that high concentrations of ammonium and putrescine were among the active substances in bacteria-derived algicide targeting dinoflagellates, suggesting that the biochemical inter-connection and/or interaction of these nitrogen compounds play an essential role in controlling these ecologically important algal species.

Risk of hysterectomy at the time of myomectomy: an underestimated surgical risk.

Objective: To evaluate the risk of hysterectomy at the time of myomectomy and the associated 30-day postoperative morbidity.

Design: Cohort study.

Patients: Patients who underwent myomectomies identified from the American College of Surgeons' National Surgical Quality Improvement Program from 2010 to 2021.

Racial disparities in telehealth use during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

Objective: To investigate the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on initial infertility consultations.

Design: Retrospective cohort.

Setting: Fertility practice in an academic medical center.

Nitrate reductase enzymes in alga are regulated by environmental cues at the translational and post-translational levels.

Nitrate reductase (NR) catalyzes the rate-limiting step in nitrate assimilation. Plant and algal NRs have a highly conserved domain architecture but differ in regulation. In plants, NR activity is regulated by reversible phosphorylation and subsequent binding of 14-3-3 proteins at a conserved serine residue.

The relationship between anti-Müllerian hormone, body mass index and weight loss: A review of the literature.

Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) is commonly used as a proxy for ovarian reserve due to its secretion by antral follicles. It is considered a metric for prediction of ovarian response to certain assisted reproduction therapies. As obesity has a negative impact on fertility, it is important to establish whether obesity-induced hormonal changes influence AMH levels, if and how weight loss affects AMH, and if that influence represents altered reproductive function.

Algicidal Bacteria: A Review of Current Knowledge and Applications to Control Harmful Algal Blooms.

Interactions between bacteria and phytoplankton in aqueous ecosystems are both complex and dynamic, with associations that range from mutualism to parasitism. This review focuses on algicidal interactions, in which bacteria are capable of controlling algal growth through physical association or the production of algicidal compounds. While there is some evidence for bacterial control of algal growth in the field, our understanding of these interactions is largely based on laboratory culture experiments.

Metabolomic Insights of the Effects of Bacterial Algicide IRI-160AA on Dinoflagellate .

sp. IRI-160 is an algicidal bacterium that secretes an algicide, IRI-160AA. This algicide specifically targets dinoflagellates, while having no adverse effects on other algal species tested.

Heterosigma akashiwo does not serve as prey and chloroplast donor for the toxic dinoflagellate, Dinophysis acuminata.

In laboratory culture, the toxic dinoflagellate Dinophysis acuminata acquires plastids from the ciliate, Mesodinium rubrum, which, in turn, acquires plastids from the cryptophyte, Teleaulax amphioxeia. Reports of D. acuminata from field samples found plastids of the raphidophyte, Heterosigma akashiwo within D.

On the shoulders of giants: perspectives in minimally invasive reproductive surgery.

The purpose of this video is to illustrate the evolution of minimally invasive surgery from the perspectives of several pioneering surgeons in the field of reproductive surgery who, among others, were present during its nascence and exponential growth. Interviews were conducted with five reproductive surgeons who had foundational roles in the innovation of operative laparoscopy and hysteroscopy. Surgeons interviewed include Drs.

Interactive effects of light, CO2 and temperature on growth and resource partitioning by the mixotrophic dinoflagellate, Karlodinium veneficum.

There is little information on the impacts of climate change on resource partitioning for mixotrophic phytoplankton. Here, we investigated the hypothesis that light interacts with temperature and CO2 to affect changes in growth and cellular carbon and nitrogen content of the mixotrophic dinoflagellate, Karlodinium veneficum, with increasing cellular carbon and nitrogen content under low light conditions and increased growth under high light conditions. Using a multifactorial design, the interactive effects of light, temperature and CO2 were investigated on K.

Effects of a bacteria-produced algicide on non-target marine invertebrate species.

Harmful algal blooms (HABs) affect both freshwater and marine systems. Laboratory experiments suggest an exudate produced by the bacterium Shewanella sp. IRI-160 could be used to prevent or mitigate dinoflagellate blooms; however, effects on non-target organisms are unknown.

Functional trait thermal acclimation differs across three species of mid-Atlantic harmful algae.

Characterizing the thermal niche of harmful algae is crucial for understanding and projecting the effects of future climate change on harmful algal blooms. The effects of 6 different temperatures (18-32 °C) on the growth, photophysiology, and toxicity were examined in the dinoflagellate Karlodinium veneficum, and the raphidophytes, Heterosigma akashiwo and Chattonella subsalsa from the Delaware Inland Bays (DIB). K.

Immobilization of algicidal bacterium Shewanella sp. IRI-160 and its application to control harmful dinoflagellates.

Shewanella sp. IRI-160 is an algicidal bacterium isolated from Delaware Inland Bays. It secretes water-soluble compounds that inhibit the growth of dinoflagellates.

Publisher Correction: Genetic tool development in marine protists: emerging model organisms for experimental cell biology.

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Genetic tool development in marine protists: emerging model organisms for experimental cell biology.

Diverse microbial ecosystems underpin life in the sea. Among these microbes are many unicellular eukaryotes that span the diversity of the eukaryotic tree of life. However, genetic tractability has been limited to a few species, which do not represent eukaryotic diversity or environmentally relevant taxa.

The distribution and relative ecological roles of autotrophic and heterotrophic diazotrophs in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica.

The McMurdo Dry Valleys (MDV) in Antarctica harbor a diverse assemblage of mat-forming diazotrophic cyanobacteria that play a key role in nitrogen cycling. Prior research showed that heterotrophic diazotrophs also make a substantial contribution to nitrogen fixation in MDV. The goals of this study were to survey autotrophic and heterotrophic diazotrophs across the MDV to investigate factors that regulate the distribution and relative ecological roles of each group.

Rapid Microbial Dynamics in Response to an Induced Wetting Event in Antarctic Dry Valley Soils.

The cold deserts of the McMurdo Dry Valleys (MDV), Antarctica, host a high level of microbial diversity. Microbial composition and biomass in arid vs. ephemerally wetted regions are distinctly different, with wetted communities representing hot spots of microbial activity that are important zones for biogeochemical cycling.