How Aging Affects Fertility For Men and Women
Channel: Lifespan News
Date: 2021-07-14

We've all heard that having kids gets harder and harder for women as they grow older, but is it true? If so, how does it happen? Is it a gradual process, or does it happen suddenly? In this episode of X10, we'll try to answer these questions, as well as: what about men's fertility?

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Akahori, T, Woods, DC, and TIlly, JL. (2019) Female Fertility Preservation through Stem Cell-based Ovarian Tissue Reconstitution In Vitro and Ovarian Regeneration In Vivo. Clinical Medicine Insights: Reproductive Health.
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Hassan, MA, and Killick, SR. (2003) Effect of male age on fertility: evidence for the decline in male fertility with increasing age. Fertility and Sterility.
https://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282(03)00366-2/abstract

Johnson, J, Canning, J, Kaneke, T, Pru, JK, and Tilly, JL. (2004) Germline stem cells and follicular renewal in the postnatal mammalian ovary. Nature.
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White, YAR, Woods, DC, Takai, Y, Ishihara, O, Seki, H, et al. (2012) Oocyte formation by mitotically-active germ cells purified from ovaries of reproductive age women. Nature Medicine.
https://www.nature.com/articles/nm.2669
 
Phillips, N, Taylor, L, and Bachmann, G. (2019) Maternal, infant and childhood risks associated with advanced paternal age: The need for comprehensive counseling for men. Maturitas doi: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31133222/

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Committee on Gynecologic Practice and The Practice Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. (2014) Female age-related fertility decline. ASRM Pages.
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Twenge, JM. (2013) How Long Can You Wait to Have a Baby? The Atlantic
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The Washington Post article
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1978/03/16/the-clock-is-ticking-for-the-career-woman/bd566aa8-fd7d-43da-9be9-ad025759d0a4/

About the change of pregnancy for women in their late 30s
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg156/chapter/Figures-and-tables-to-support-chances-of-conception-and-embryo-quality-recommendations

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