New Advances in Clinical Reproductive Medicine

Dear Colleagues,

Recent environmental and social structural changes have led to the rapid decline in human fertility and accelerated the global demographic shift toward an aging population. Reproductive health problems—especially infertility—have become increasingly prominent. Infertility affects approximately 186 million people worldwide and 8-12% of couples of reproductive age. Unfortunately, the mechanism of infertility remains elusive, which makes it a priority area to research. Over the past few decades, the field of reproductive medicine has developed rapidly. As reported, there were 8 million children born through assisted reproductive technology (ART) between 1987 and 2018 worldwide. The quick development of ART provides an effective method for infertile couples.

In addition, new diagnostic and therapeutic approaches are emerging. Novel basic advances and technologies may greatly promote the development of reproductive medicine and ART. It is believed that the combination of reproductive medicine with other disciplines such as genetics, bioinformatics and bioengineering would create new possibilities for fertility reconstruction and preservation. This Special Issue aims to focus on some hot issues in reproductive medicine and to showcase the latest and cutting-edge research results from some of the most exciting research in reproductive medicine while promoting the development of new ideas and research directions. We are particularly interested in basic, translational and clinical studies in the field of female fertility. This Special Issue will highlight manuscripts that are original research or review papers.

Dr. Xi Xia
Dr. Yaoyao Zhang
Guest Editors

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