Human assisted reproductive techniques (ART)
In recent decades, human assisted reproductive techniques (ART) have been widely applied in treatment of infertility. ART involves follicular stimulation, oocyte isolation, gamete manipulation, in vitro fertilization (IVF), intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) and other related procedures. Laboratory manipulation of gametes and embryos coincides with a period when genes at various imprinted loci are extensively reprogrammed1 … Read more