Search Results - "Maalouf, Walid"

Effects of assisted reproductive technologies on human sex ratio at birth by Maalouf, Walid E., Ph.D, Mincheva, Mina N., M.Med.Sc, Campbell, Bruce K., D.Sc, Hardy, Ian C.W., Ph.D

“…Objective To investigate the effect of assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatments on the sex ratio of babies born. Design Assessment of direct effects…”
Get full text

Early epigenetic reprogramming in fertilized, cloned, and parthenogenetic embryos by Sepulveda-Rincon, Lessly P., Solanas, Edgar del Llano, Serrano-Revuelta, Elisa, Ruddick, Lydia, Maalouf, Walid E., Beaujean, Nathalie

“…Despite ongoing research in a number of species, the efficiency of embryo production by nuclear transfer remains low. Incomplete epigenetic reprogramming of…”
Get full text

Apoptosis triggers the release of microRNA miR-294 in spent culture media of blastocysts by Makri, Dimitra, Efstathiou, Panagiota, Michailidou, Eftychia, Maalouf, Walid E

“…Purpose To study whether members of the miR-290-295 cluster in spent culture medium (SCM) of embryos are correlated with morphokinetics and apoptosis. Methods…”
Get full text

Suboptimal mid-luteal progesterone concentrations are associated with aberrant endometrial gene expression, potentially resulting in implantation failure by Suthaporn, Sutham, Jayaprakasan, Kanna, Thornton, Jim, Walker, Kate, Medrano, Juan Hernandez, Castellanos, Marcos, May, Sean, Polanski, Lukasz, Raine-Fenning, Nick, Maalouf, Walid E.

“…•Progesterone concentrations above 10 ng/ml are sufficient to induce endometrial receptivity.•Suboptimal progesterone concentrations are related to aberrant…”
Get full text

The effects of temperature variation treatments on embryonic development: a mouse study by Moriyama, Dóris Ferreira, Makri, Dimitra, Maalouf, Mary-Naya, Adamova, Petra, de Moraes, Gabrielle Ferrante Alves, Pinheiro, Marcela de Oliveira, Bernardineli, Danilo Lessa, Massaia, Irineu Francisco Delfino Silva, Maalouf, Walid E., Lo Turco, Edson Guimarães

“…Since the development of ART, embryos have been cultured at 37 °C in an attempt to mimic the in vivo conditions and the average body temperature of an adult…”
Get full text

Bio-electrosprayed human sperm remain viable by O'Neill, Helen C., Maalouf, Walid E., Harper, Joyce C., Jayasinghe, Suwan N.

“…The research article demonstrates the ability for bio-electrosprays to directly handle human sperm without damaging them in anyway. Thus, elucidating the…”
Get full text

Evaluating the influence of progesterone concentration and time of exposure on in vitro endometrial decidualisation by Suthaporn, Sutham, Jayaprakasan, Kanna, Thornton, Jim G., Walker, Kate F., Castellanos, Marcos, May, Sean, Hernandez-Medrano, Juan, Maalouf, Walid E.

“…This study aimed to evaluate the influence of progesterone (concentration and time of exposure) on endometrial decidualisation using an in vitro model cell…”
Get full text

Trichostatin A treatment of cloned mouse embryos improves constitutive heterochromatin remodeling as well as developmental potential to term by Maalouf, Walid E, Liu, Zichuan, Brochard, Vincent, Renard, Jean-Paul, Debey, Pascale, Beaujean, Nathalie, Zink, Daniele

“…Genome reprogramming in early mouse embryos is associated with nuclear reorganization and particular features such as the peculiar distribution of centromeric…”
Get full text

Is pre-freeze sperm preparation more advantageous than post-freeze? by Androni, Dimitra Apostolia, Dodds, Sophie, Tomlinson, Mathew, Maalouf, Walid E

“…Human sperm cryopreservation is characterised to this day by sub-optimal success rates. Interestingly, a traditional approach to improving post-thaw outcome…”
Get full text

Steroids and miRNAs in assessment of ovarian tissue damage following cryopreservation by Islam, Nadia, Sunday Paul, Ugwoke, Alhamdan, Rana, Hernandez-Medrano, Juan, Campbell, Bruce K, Marsters, Peter, Maalouf, Walid E

“…Ovarian cortical tissue cryopreservation is a relatively novel approach to preserving fertility in women diagnosed with cancer. However, the effects of…”
Get full text

PARTIALLY CONSTRAINED SEX ALLOCATION AND THE INDIRECT EFFECTS OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES ON THE HUMAN SEX RATIO by Hardy, Ian C W, Maalouf, Walid E

“…Infertility affects around 15% of human couples and in many countries approximately 1-4% of babies are born following Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART)…”
Get more information

Nuclear transfer in ruminants by Lee, Joon-Hee, Maalouf, Walid E

“…Ruminants were the first mammalian species to be cloned successfully by nuclear transplantation. Those experiments were designed to multiply high merit animals…”
Get more information

Random Allocation of Blastomere Descendants to the Trophectoderm and ICM of the Bovine Blastocyst1 by Sepulveda-Rincon, Lessly P, Dube, Delphine, Adenot, Pierre, Laffont, Ludivine, Ruffini, Sylvie, Gall, Laurence, Campbell, Bruce K, Duranthon, Veronique, Beaujean, Nathalie, Maalouf, Walid E

“…The first lineage specification during mammalian embryo development can be visually distinguished at the blastocyst stage. Two cell lineages are observed on…”
Get full text

Differential acetylation of histone H4 lysine during development of in vitro fertilized, cloned and parthenogenetically activated bovine embryos by Maalouf, Walid E., Alberio, Ramiro, Campbell, Keith H.

“…The oocyte is remarkable in its ability to remodel parental genomes following fertilization and to reprogram somatic nuclei after nuclear transfer (NT). To…”
Get full text

Random Allocation of Blastomere Descendants to the Trophectoderm and ICM of the Bovine Blastocyst by Sepulveda-Rincon, Lessly P, Dube, Delphine, Adenot, Pierre, Laffont, Ludivine, Ruffini, Sylvie, Gall, Laurence, Campbell, Bruce K, Duranthon, Veronique, Beaujean, Nathalie, Maalouf, Walid E

“…The first lineage specification during mammalian embryo development can be visually distinguished at the blastocyst stage. Two cell lineages are observed on…”
Get full text

Efficacy of dehydroepiandrosterone to overcome the effect of ovarian ageing (DITTO): a proof of principle randomised controlled trial protocol by Jayaprakasan, Kannamannadiar, Narkwichean, Amarin, Maalouf, Walid E, Campbell, Bruce K

“…Introduction Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) has been proposed to improve pregnancy rates in women with diminished ovarian reserve undergoing in vitro…”
Get full text

Nuclear dynamics of histone H3 trimethylated on lysine 9 and/or phosphorylated on serine 10 in mouse cloned embryos as new markers of reprogramming? by Ribeiro-Mason, Karlla, Boulesteix, Claire, Brochard, Vincent, Aguirre-Lavin, Tiphaine, Salvaing, Juliette, Fleurot, Renaud, Adenot, Pierre, Maalouf, Walid E, Beaujean, Nathalie

“…Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) is the injection of a donor nucleus into an enucleated egg. Despite the use of this technology for many years in research,…”
Get more information

A novel method for reprogramming somatic cells into embryonic stem cells by Maalouf, Walid E

Get more information

Three-dimensional fluorescence in situ hybridization in mouse embryos using repetitive probe sequences by Maalouf, Walid E, Aguirre-Lavin, Tiphaine, Herzog, Laetitia, Bataillon, Isabelle, Debey, Pascale, Beaujean, Nathalie

“…A common problem in research laboratories that study the mammalian embryo is the limited supply of live material. For this reason, new methods are constantly…”
Get more information

Efficacy of Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) to overcome the effect of ovarian ageing (DITTO): A proof of principle double blinded randomized placebo controlled trial by Narkwichean, Amarin, Maalouf, Walid, Baumgarten, Miriam, Polanski, Lukasz, Raine-Fenning, Nick, Campbell, Bruce, Jayaprakasan, Kannamannadiar

“…To evaluate the effect of DHEA supplementation on In-Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) outcome as assessed by ovarian response, oocyte developmental competence and…”
Get full text