Journal article
Frequency, morbidity and equity — the case for increased research on male fertility
S Kimmins, RA Anderson, CLR Barratt, HM Behre, SR Catford, CJ De Jonge, G Delbes, ML Eisenberg, N Garrido, BJ Houston, N Jørgensen, C Krausz, A Lismer, RI McLachlan, S Minhas, T Moss, A Pacey, L Priskorn, S Schlatt, J Trasler Show all
Nature Reviews Urology | NATURE PORTFOLIO | Published : 2024
Abstract
Currently, most men with infertility cannot be given an aetiology, which reflects a lack of knowledge around gamete production and how it is affected by genetics and the environment. A failure to recognize the burden of male infertility and its potential as a biomarker for systemic illness exists. The absence of such knowledge results in patients generally being treated as a uniform group, for whom the strategy is to bypass the causality using medically assisted reproduction (MAR) techniques. In doing so, opportunities to prevent co-morbidity are missed and the burden of MAR is shifted to the woman. To advance understanding of men’s reproductive health, longitudinal and multi-national centre..
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Funding Acknowledgements
Thanks goes to R. Agnew, E. Heighton and A. Mergo from The University of Dundee for their assistance with data collection for Fig. 1. Thanks also goes to A. O'Connor from the University of Melbourne for assistance with referencing. This research was supported in part by funding by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia to M.K.O., R.I.M. and J.A.V. (APP1120356); S.K. is a Canada Research Chair in Epigenomics, Reproduction and Development and funding for this study is provided by the Canada Research Chairs program, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research grants (DOHaD Team grant 358654 and Operating grant 350129). The authors thank ESHRE for financial and logistical support of the MRHI.