December 2010

Contents
Published in issue: December 2010
ii-iii

Editorials

Bob Edwards – Nobel Laureate in Medicine 2010
• The Editors and Editorial Staff
Published online: October 21, 2010
p725
Nobel Prize Winner
Published in issue: December 2010
p726
Birth of a journal: a personal memoire
• Fiona Bennett
Published online: August 23, 2010
p727-728

Commentary

New Turkish legislation on assisted reproductive techniques and centres: a step in the right direction?
• Bulent Urman,
• Kayhan Yakin
Published online: August 02, 2010
p729-731

Review

Fate of fertilized human oocytes
• Giuseppe Benagiano,
• Manuela Farris,
• Gedis Grudzinskas
Published online: September 07, 2010
p732-741

Article

Male infertility


Reduced fertilization after ICSI and abnormal phospholipase C zeta presence in spermatozoa from the wobbler mouse
• Elke Heytens,
• Thomas Schmitt-John,
• Jakob M. Moser,
• ...
• Kevin Coward,
• John Parrington,
• Petra De Sutter
Published online: August 02, 2010
p742-749

Articles

Infertility

Possible role of natural killer and natural killer T-like cells in implantation failure after IVF
• Eva Miko,
• Zoltan Manfai,
• Matyas Meggyes,
• ...
• Zsolt Illes,
• Julia Szekeres-Bartho,
• Laszlo Szereday
Published online: August 09, 2010
p750-756

The association between anti-Müllerian hormone and IVF pregnancy outcomes is influenced by age
• Jeff G. Wang,
• Nataki C. Douglas,
• Gary S. Nakhuda,
• ...
• Melvin H. Thornton,
• Michael M. Guarnaccia,
• Mark V. Sauer
Published online: August 02, 2010
p757-761

Embryology


Group culture of human zygotes is superior to individual culture in terms of blastulation, implantation and life birth
• T. Ebner,
• O. Shebl,
• M. Moser,
• R.B. Mayer,
• W. Arzt,
• G. Tews
Published online: August 02, 2010
p762-768
Developmental competence of parthenogenetic mouse and human embryos after chemical or electrical activation
• Karen Versieren,
• Björn Heindryckx,
• Sylvie Lierman,
• Jan Gerris,
• Petra De Sutter
Published online: August 02, 2010
p769-775

Individual demands of human embryos on IVF culture medium: influence on blastocyst development and pregnancy outcome
• B. Wirleitner,
• P. Vanderzwalmen,
• A. Stecher,
• M.H. Zech,
• M. Zintz,
• N.H. Zech
Published online: September 02, 2010
p776-782

Article

Stem cells


Side population cells in the human decidua of early pregnancy exhibit stem/progenitor cell-like characteristics
• Chun Guo,
• Huili Zhu,
• Wei Huang,
• ...
• Wenwen Qu,
• Yaofang Liu,
• Aixiang Tan
Published online: August 02, 2010
p783-793

Fetus and birth


Female gender pre-selection by maternal diet in combination with timing of sexual intercourse – a prospective study
• A.M. Noorlander,
• J.P.M. Geraedts,
• J.B.M. Melissen
Published online: September 01, 2010
p794-802

Pregnancy


Differential expression of vascular endothelial growth factor-A isoforms in the mouse uterus during early pregnancy
• Lisa M. Walter,
• Peter A.W. Rogers,
• Jane E. Girling
Published online: August 02, 2010
p803-811

Articles

Reproductive health

A descriptive study of asthma in young adults conceived by IVF
• Nicholas Sicignano,
• Hind A. Beydoun,
• Helena Russell,
• Howard Jones Jr.,
• Sergio Oehninger
Published online: August 02, 2010
p812-818

Optimization of protocols for human ovarian tissue cryopreservation with sucrose, 1,2-propanediol and human serum
• Raffaella Fabbri,
• Gianandrea Pasquinelli,
• Declan Keane,
• Valentina Magnani,
• Roberto Paradisi,
• Stefano Venturoli
Published online: August 02, 2010
p819-828