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The integration of artificial intelligence in assisted reproduction: a comprehensive review.
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Frontiers in reproductive health Pub Date : 2025-03-20 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/frph.2025.1520919
Pragati Kakkar, Shruti Gupta, Kasmiria Ioanna Paschopoulou, Ilias Paschopoulos, Ioannis Paschopoulos, Vassiliki Siafaka, Orestis Tsonis
{"title":"The integration of artificial intelligence in assisted reproduction: a comprehensive review.","authors":"Pragati Kakkar, Shruti Gupta, Kasmiria Ioanna Paschopoulou, Ilias Paschopoulos, Ioannis Paschopoulos, Vassiliki Siafaka, Orestis Tsonis","doi":"10.3389/frph.2025.1520919","DOIUrl":"10.3389/frph.2025.1520919","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative force in healthcare, with its integration into assisted reproduction technologies representing a notable milestone. The utilization of AI in assisted reproduction is rooted in the persistent challenge of optimizing outcomes. Despite years of progress, success rates in assisted reproductive techniques remain a concern. The current landscape of AI applications demonstrates significant potential to revolutionize various facets of assisted reproduction, including stimulation protocol optimization, embryo formation prediction, oocyte and sperm selection, and live birth prediction from embryos. AI's capacity for precise image-based analysis, leveraging convolutional neural networks, stands out as a promising avenue. Personalized treatment plans and enhanced diagnostic accuracy are central themes explored in this review. AI-driven healthcare products demonstrate the potential for real-time, adaptive health programs, fostering improved communication between patients and healthcare teams. Continuous learning systems to address challenges associated with biased training data and the time required for accurate decision-making capabilities to develop is imperative. Challenges and ethical considerations in AI-assisted conception as evident when taking into consideration issues such as the lack of legislation regulating AI in healthcare, a fact that emphasizes the need for transparency and equity in the development and implementation of AI technologies. The regulatory framework, both in the UK and globally, is making efforts to balance innovation with patient safety. This paper delves into the revolutionary impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the realm of assisted reproduction technologies (ART). As AI continues to evolve, its application in the field of reproductive medicine holds great promise for improving success rates, personalized treatments, and overall efficiency. This comprehensive review explores the current state of AI in assisted reproduction, its potential benefits, challenges, and ethical considerations.</p>","PeriodicalId":73103,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in reproductive health","volume":"7 ","pages":"1520919"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11965653/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143782166","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Prevalence and determinants of late first antenatal care initiation in western Ethiopia: findings from a multi-centered cross-sectional study.
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Frontiers in reproductive health Pub Date : 2025-03-17 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/frph.2025.1551706
Atitegeb Alebachew Amsalu, Alemayehu Worku Yalew, Awgichew Kifle Zemlak
{"title":"Prevalence and determinants of late first antenatal care initiation in western Ethiopia: findings from a multi-centered cross-sectional study.","authors":"Atitegeb Alebachew Amsalu, Alemayehu Worku Yalew, Awgichew Kifle Zemlak","doi":"10.3389/frph.2025.1551706","DOIUrl":"10.3389/frph.2025.1551706","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Late initiation of antenatal care (ANC) continues to be a significant public health issue in sub-Saharan African countries, including Ethiopia. However, despite the high prevalence of late ANC initiation in Ethiopia, only a few studies have been conducted, particularly in developing regions, such as Bebishangul-Gumez. Therefore, this study aims to assess the prevalence of late initiation of the first ANC and associated factors among pregnant women in Western Ethiopia, 2023.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted in Western Ethiopia from March 28, 2023 to April 30, 2023. We employed a systematic random sampling technique to select 427 participants. Data were collected using an electronic capture technique with open data kit (ODK), then, transported to XLS and exported to Stata version 17 software for analyses. Bivariate analysis was performed at significance level of <i>p</i>-value < 0.25 to select candidate variables for multivariable analysis. In the final model, factors with a <i>p</i>-value ≤ 0.05 were considered significantly associated with late initiation of ANC.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 414 pregnant women participated, yielding a response rate of 96.9%. The prevalence of late first ANC booking in this study was 56.8% (95% CI: 51.9, 61.5). Multivariable analysis revealed that being a housewives (AOR = 2.09, 95% CI 1.09, 4.01), having education status below secondary school (AOR = 3.5, 95% CI: 1.9, 6.1), having an unplanned pregnancy (AOR = 3.01, 95% CI 1.31, 6.90), lack of advise on when to start ANC (AOR = 1.74, 95% CI (1.09, 2.79), and attending ANC at hospital reduce the odds of late initiation of ANC (AOR = 0.41, 95% CI, 0.23, 0.72) were factors significantly associated with the late initiation of ANC.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The prevalence of late initiation of ANC was found to be high in the study area. Educational status below secondary school, unplanned pregnancy, lack of advice on when to start ANC, housewives and attending ANC at hospital were factors found to be significantly associated with the late initiation of ANC. Therefore, policies should be developed to increase support for female education, maintain women's empowerment initiatives through economic changes, expand family planning programs to decrease unplanned pregnancies, and increase awareness in the early initiation of ANC.</p>","PeriodicalId":73103,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in reproductive health","volume":"7 ","pages":"1551706"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11955500/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143756264","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Development and validation of a survey on reproductive health behaviors to reduce exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals in Koreans.
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Frontiers in reproductive health Pub Date : 2025-03-14 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/frph.2025.1519896
Hye Jin Kim, Sung Hae Kim, So Young Choi, Gisoo Shin
{"title":"Development and validation of a survey on reproductive health behaviors to reduce exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals in Koreans.","authors":"Hye Jin Kim, Sung Hae Kim, So Young Choi, Gisoo Shin","doi":"10.3389/frph.2025.1519896","DOIUrl":"10.3389/frph.2025.1519896","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Recently, issues related to climate change and endocrine-disrupting chemicals have come to the forefront. In particular, the pursuit of convenience has led to increased exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals in daily life, posing threats to reproductive health, including infertility and cancer. Therefore, this study aims to develop a questionnaire to assess the reproductive health behaviors of Koreans for reducing exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals, and to verify its reliability and validity.</p><p><strong>Materials and method: </strong>This methodological study involved 288 adult men and women in South Korea and conducted item analysis, exploratory factor analysis, and confirmatory factor analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The developed survey questionnaire consists of four factors and 19 detailed items related to reproductive health behaviors and reproductive health promotion behaviors through the main exposure routes of endocrine-disrupting chemicals: food, respiratory pathways, and skin absorption.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Based on the results of this study, it is hoped that research on reproductive health behaviors aimed at reducing EDC exposure will expand, considering various environments such as national and ethnic differences.</p>","PeriodicalId":73103,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in reproductive health","volume":"7 ","pages":"1519896"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11949970/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143756261","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Corrigendum: Feasibility of mail-based biospecimen collection in an online preconception cohort study.
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Frontiers in reproductive health Pub Date : 2025-03-13 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/frph.2025.1582697
Martha R Koenig, Amelia K Wesselink, Andrea S Kuriyama, Alina Chaiyasarikul, Elizabeth E Hatch, Lauren A Wise
{"title":"Corrigendum: Feasibility of mail-based biospecimen collection in an online preconception cohort study.","authors":"Martha R Koenig, Amelia K Wesselink, Andrea S Kuriyama, Alina Chaiyasarikul, Elizabeth E Hatch, Lauren A Wise","doi":"10.3389/frph.2025.1582697","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/frph.2025.1582697","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/frph.2022.1052231.].</p>","PeriodicalId":73103,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in reproductive health","volume":"7 ","pages":"1582697"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11965898/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143782164","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Influencing factors of three pronuclei incidence and their impact on pregnancy outcomes in women with good prognosis undergoing conventional in vitro fertilization with donor sperm: a retrospective cohort study. 一项回顾性队列研究:使用供体精子进行常规体外受精的预后良好妇女的三代核发生率影响因素及其对妊娠结局的影响。
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Frontiers in reproductive health Pub Date : 2025-03-13 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/frph.2025.1509710
Jianhua Sun, Xiang Liu, Shengjia Shi, Mingzhao Li
{"title":"Influencing factors of three pronuclei incidence and their impact on pregnancy outcomes in women with good prognosis undergoing conventional <i>in vitro</i> fertilization with donor sperm: a retrospective cohort study.","authors":"Jianhua Sun, Xiang Liu, Shengjia Shi, Mingzhao Li","doi":"10.3389/frph.2025.1509710","DOIUrl":"10.3389/frph.2025.1509710","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study aimed to investigate the influencing factors of three pronuclei (3PN) zygote incidence and their impact on pregnancy outcomes in women with good prognosis undergoing conventional <i>in vitro</i> fertilization with donor sperm (C-IVFD).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective study included women aged 35 years or younger who underwent the long/ultra-long follicular phase agonist protocol between January 2014 and January 2021. C-IVFD cycles were divided into the 3PN = 0% group (no 3PN zygotes) and the 3PN > 0% group (with 3PN zygotes). Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to identify factors influencing 3PN zygote incidence. The primary outcomes were clinical pregnancy, ongoing pregnancy, abortion and live birth rates. The secondary outcomes were cleavage, high-quality embryo, available embryo, implantation and ectopic pregnancy rates.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>1,250 embryo transfer cycles were included in this study. The peak estradiol (E<sub>2</sub>) level on the day of human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) administration (OR: 1.16, 95% CI 1.12-1.19, <i>p</i> < 0.001) and the number of retrieved oocytes (OR: 1.08, 95% CI 1.05-1.11, <i>p</i> < 0.001) were independently associated with 3PN incidence. Compared to the 3PN > 0% group, the 3PN = 0% group exhibited significantly higher ongoing pregnancy rates (<i>p</i> = 0.033) and live birth rates (<i>p</i> = 0.009), as well as lower abortion rate (<i>p</i> = 0.026). No significant differences were found between the 3PN = 0% and 3PN > 0% groups in cleavage, high-quality embryo, available embryo, implantation and ectopic pregnancy rates (<i>p</i> > 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The peak E<sub>2</sub> level on hCG administration day and the number of retrieved oocytes were independently associated with 3PN incidence. The incidence of 3PN zygotes has a negative impact on pregnancy outcomes in women with good prognosis undergoing C-IVFD.</p>","PeriodicalId":73103,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in reproductive health","volume":"7 ","pages":"1509710"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11965907/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143782165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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First clinical pregnancy and delivery achieved after using a new 3D imaging technology for sperm selection: a case report.
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Frontiers in reproductive health Pub Date : 2025-03-07 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/frph.2025.1559684
Yulia Michailov, Shevach Friedler, Bozhena Saar-Ryss
{"title":"First clinical pregnancy and delivery achieved after using a new 3D imaging technology for sperm selection: a case report.","authors":"Yulia Michailov, Shevach Friedler, Bozhena Saar-Ryss","doi":"10.3389/frph.2025.1559684","DOIUrl":"10.3389/frph.2025.1559684","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To report a case of a patient who, after experiencing recurrent failed implantations, underwent a novel technological intervention-using the Q300 device-which successfully led to a pregnancy and delivery of a healthy baby.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Case report.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Barzilai University Medical Center.</p><p><strong>Patient s: </strong>A 33-year-old woman with primary infertility experienced recurrent implantation failure (RIF), while her 32-year-old male partner was diagnosed with severe oligo-astheno-teratozoospermia (OTA) syndrome.</p><p><strong>Intervention: </strong>Using Q300 device for selection of the morphologically compliant sperm cells for intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).</p><p><strong>Main outcome measures: </strong>Successful pregnancy and delivery.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A unique case of clinical pregnancy and delivery involving a couple facing RIF and severe OTA. In this case, a new technology for sperm selection was used. The semen sample was examined using the Q300 device to choose WHO2021-morphologically compliant sperm cells for micro-injection. The resulting embryos were developed and then frozen. Later, a frozen-thawed embryo transfer was performed during the following natural menstrual cycle, leading to successful pregnancy and delivery.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The utilization of this new 3D imaging technology underscores the evolving landscape of reproductive medicine and the potential it holds for transforming outcomes in challenging cases. By documenting such cases, we contribute to the ongoing dialogue to refine assisted reproductive technology (ART) protocols and improve reproductive outcomes for individuals facing similar challenges.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>NCT06232720 https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06232720. Date of registration: 15 Feb 2023. Date of enrollment of the first subject: 20 August 2023.</p>","PeriodicalId":73103,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in reproductive health","volume":"7 ","pages":"1559684"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11925932/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143694430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Increasing access to self-managed abortion through pharmacies: programmatic results and lessons from a pilot program in Oromia, Ethiopia.
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Frontiers in reproductive health Pub Date : 2025-03-04 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/frph.2025.1472696
Bekalu Mossie Chekol, Abiyot Belai Mehari, Blain Rezene, Samuel Muluye, Yadeta Ayana, Elsabet Sisay, Sally Dijkerman, Genene Assefa
{"title":"Increasing access to self-managed abortion through pharmacies: programmatic results and lessons from a pilot program in Oromia, Ethiopia.","authors":"Bekalu Mossie Chekol, Abiyot Belai Mehari, Blain Rezene, Samuel Muluye, Yadeta Ayana, Elsabet Sisay, Sally Dijkerman, Genene Assefa","doi":"10.3389/frph.2025.1472696","DOIUrl":"10.3389/frph.2025.1472696","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite increased availability of safe abortion following legal reform in Ethiopia, one-half of public sector abortion services are treatment of postabortion complications, indicating challenges meeting women's needs. Self-managed abortion (SMA)-the ability of pregnant people to manage their unwanted pregnancies with or without the support of a health care provider-is a safe, feasible, and acceptable option for women at gestational ages up to 12 weeks. Seeing the potential of SMA to vastly expand access to safe abortion and reduce postabortion complications, a pilot initiative targeting private pharmacies was implemented by the Ethiopian Ministry of Health, the Oromia Regional Health Bureau, and a non-profit organization. From December 2021 to March 2023, implementers trained and supported 41 pharmacies to provide SMA counseling and medical abortion drugs, with and without prescriptions, which was considered to contradict the legal framework at the time. Pharmacy clients' SMA experiences were documented in logbooks and via 21-day follow-up phone surveys. Thirty-two pharmacies (78%) supported 1,457 self-managed abortions during the pilot. Among clients with complete follow-up surveys (<i>n</i> = 1,233), 98.3% had a complete abortion without needing additional treatment. Only four clients (0.3%) reported a complication. The pilot demonstrated high demand for and feasibility of increasing access to quality SMA through private pharmacies in Ethiopia, but challenges remain due to the lack of a legal framework. We recommend providing multi-sector support on SMA to private pharmacies so they can in turn improve safe abortion accessibility by bringing safe, acceptable services closer to the people that need them.</p>","PeriodicalId":73103,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in reproductive health","volume":"7 ","pages":"1472696"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11917366/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143659981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Comparison of bacterial vaginosis symptoms reported in social media vs. those reported by patients. 社交媒体报道的细菌性阴道病症状与患者报告的症状对比。
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Frontiers in reproductive health Pub Date : 2025-02-28 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/frph.2025.1549331
Andriana H Velmahos, Briah Cooley Demidkina, Caroline M Mitchell
{"title":"Comparison of bacterial vaginosis symptoms reported in social media vs. those reported by patients.","authors":"Andriana H Velmahos, Briah Cooley Demidkina, Caroline M Mitchell","doi":"10.3389/frph.2025.1549331","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/frph.2025.1549331","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>There is an increasing tendency to seek health information online rather than through medical professionals. However, the easy accessibility of information online allows for an increased risk of encountering medical misinformation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We compared descriptions of symptomatology of bacterial vaginosis (BV) on four social media platforms: Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and X (Twitter). We then compared the frequency of discussion of symptoms with patients' report of symptoms in clinically diagnosed BV, vulvovaginal candidiasis and vulvodynia.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Social media was more likely to report burning (45% of posts), itching (45%) or pain (23%) as symptoms of BV than patients (moderate-severe itching 30%, burning 21% or pain 21%). Although pain was reported more often by people with vulvodynia, other symptoms were not different across diagnoses.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Social media overemphasizes the ability of symptoms to allow self-diagnosis of vaginitis, which can lead to delayed treatment, highlighting the need to promote accurate health information online.</p>","PeriodicalId":73103,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in reproductive health","volume":"7 ","pages":"1549331"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11906998/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143652378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Introducing artificial intelligence and sperm epigenetics in the fertility clinic: a novel foundation for diagnostics and prediction modelling.
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Frontiers in reproductive health Pub Date : 2025-02-27 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/frph.2025.1506312
Adelheid Soubry
{"title":"Introducing artificial intelligence and sperm epigenetics in the fertility clinic: a novel foundation for diagnostics and prediction modelling.","authors":"Adelheid Soubry","doi":"10.3389/frph.2025.1506312","DOIUrl":"10.3389/frph.2025.1506312","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Worldwide, infertility is a rising problem. A couple's lifestyle, age and environmental exposures can interfere with reproductive health. The scientific field tries to understand the various processes how male and female factors may affect fertility, but translation to the clinic is limited. I here emphasize potential reasons for failure in optimal treatment planning and especially why current prediction modelling falls short. First, Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) has become a mainstream solution for couples experiencing infertility, while potential causes of infertility remain unexplored or undetermined. For instance, the role of men is generally left out of preconceptional testing and care. Second, regularly used statistical or computational methods to estimate pregnancy outcomes miss important biological and environmental factors, including features from the male side (e.g., age, smoking, obesity status, alcohol use and occupation), as well as genetic and epigenetic characteristics. I suggest using an integrated approach of biostatistics and machine learning methods to improve diagnostics and prediction modelling in the fertility clinic. The novelty of this concept includes the use of empirically collected information on the sperm epigenome combined with readily available data from medical records from both partners and lifestyle factors. As the reproductive field needs well-designed models at different levels, derivatives are needed. The objectives of patients, clinicians, and embryologists differ slightly, and mathematical models need to be adapted accordingly. A multidisciplinary approach where patients are seen by both, clinicians and biomedically skilled counsellors, could help provide evidence-based assistance to improve pregnancy success. Next, when it concerns factors that may change the ability to produce optimal embryos in ART, the embryologist would benefit from a personalized prediction model, including medical history of the patient as well as genetic and epigenetic data from easily accessible germ cells, such as sperm.</p>","PeriodicalId":73103,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in reproductive health","volume":"7 ","pages":"1506312"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11903727/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143627013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Integrating HIV prevention with family planning services for adolescent girls and young women in Uganda: perspectives of adolescent girls and young women, health care providers, and policymakers.
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Frontiers in reproductive health Pub Date : 2025-02-24 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/frph.2025.1441829
Justine K Tumusiime, Davina Canagasabey, Peter Mudiope, Sabrina Kitaka, Allen Namagembe, Fiona Walugembe, Bridget Nakankaka, Josephine Nabuuma, Jesca Nasunku, Jane Cover, Betty Mirembe, Ashley Jackson, Kimberly Green
{"title":"Integrating HIV prevention with family planning services for adolescent girls and young women in Uganda: perspectives of adolescent girls and young women, health care providers, and policymakers.","authors":"Justine K Tumusiime, Davina Canagasabey, Peter Mudiope, Sabrina Kitaka, Allen Namagembe, Fiona Walugembe, Bridget Nakankaka, Josephine Nabuuma, Jesca Nasunku, Jane Cover, Betty Mirembe, Ashley Jackson, Kimberly Green","doi":"10.3389/frph.2025.1441829","DOIUrl":"10.3389/frph.2025.1441829","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Persistently high HIV incidence among women, especially adolescent girls and young women (AGYW), have drawn the attention of national policymakers, donors, and implementers in Sub-Saharan Africa to the integration of HIV and family planning (FP) programs. According to several research studies, FP services could offer a holistic strategy to address the HIV and FP needs of this demographic by including HIV prevention approaches, particularly HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis. Our study set out to explore the obstacles and opportunities that AGYW faced in accessing, using, and continuing HIV prevention and contraceptive services; to develop ideas for novel service models that would allow AGYW to receive integrated, HIV prevention and contraception services; and to evaluate the viability, scalability, and acceptability of these models through dialogues with stakeholders using a human-centered design approach.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted 128 in-depth interviews with 60 AGYW, 24 public and private health care providers, 10 community leaders, and 10 policymakers). We also conducted two co-creation workshops with 50 AGYW and 10 health care providers in Masaka and Nakasongola districts to generate service delivery models.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Our findings reveal various enablers and barriers to the successful integration of HIV prevention into FP services in the areas of policy, human resources and infrastructure, resource management, service delivery, community involvement, supply chain management, and monitoring and reporting.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Successful integration will require addressing key concerns raised by participants in human resource and infrastructure, resource management, service delivery, demand creation, male involvement, supply chain management and monitoring and reporting.</p>","PeriodicalId":73103,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in reproductive health","volume":"7 ","pages":"1441829"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11891223/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143598413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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