BACKGROUND Human translocation carriers may present alterations in meiosis. Understanding
the mechanism of meiotic segregation of reciprocal translocations is important for …

Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) is a cytokine that shows conflicting effects on in vitro produced
(IVP) bovine embryos. Bovine LIF (bLIF) has been cloned and used in culture, but there is …

Background: While living kidney donation is considered safe in healthy individuals, perioperative
complications can occur due to several factors. Objective: We explored associations …

Objective To analyze follicular fluid leptin (FFL) levels, abdominal obesity, and insulin
resistance as predictors of in vitro fertilization (IVF)–intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) …

Surgical programs are facing major and fluctuating changes to the resident workforce because
of decreased elective volumes and high exposure risk during the coronavirus disease …

Background: As part of their living kidney donor assessment, all living donor candidates
complete a computed tomography (CT) angiogram, but some also receive a nuclear renogram …

Background Outcomes in liver transplantation with organs obtained via donation after
cardiocirculatory death (DCD) have been suboptimal compared to donation after brain death, …

DNA damage in cumulus cells (CCs) might be related with the developmental competence
of the enclosed oocytes, however, conclusive studies are missing, partially due to the lack of …

Background Surgical site infections (SSIs) are the most common nosocomial infection and
occur in 16.3% of patients undergoing colorectal surgery at our institution (The Ottawa …

Background. Preemptive kidney transplants result in better outcomes and patient experiences
than transplantation after dialysis onset. It is unknown how often a person initiates …