Fertility Preservation and Sterility Treatment

Dear Colleagues, 

Cryopreservation techniques are routinely performed today to store reproductive cells and embryos for many medical or social reasons, including fertility preservation in patients at risk of premature fertility loss, such as patients facing gonadotoxic treatments, women delaying childbearing for personal, professional, financial or psychological reasons, and egg donation programs. In addition, the use of this technology has improved cumulative live birth rates by allowing repeated embryo transfers with surplus frozen embryos from a single ovarian stimulation cycle in patients with impaired endometrial receptivity or undergoing preimplantation genetic testing (PGT). Some approaches are currently under investigation, including the use of cryopreserved gonadal tissue or cells, the study of molecular processes involved in in vitro germ cell maturation, and new strategies to optimize the pregnancy chances in assisted reproductive technologies. For this Special Issue, we hope to encourage submissions focusing on current developments in the field of fertility preservation and on new therapeutic perspectives for fertility restoration in humans. Both original research and review articles are welcomed. 

You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Life.

Dr. Stefano Canosa
Guest Editor

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