BACKGROUND: Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and dysmenorrhea (menstrual pain) are common among women of reproductive age. Fluctuations in reproductive hormone levels during the late luteal phase have been linked to changes in eating and sleep p…
BACKGROUND: Menstrual blood-derived cells show regenerative potential as a mesenchymal stem cell and may therefore be a novel stem cell source of treatment for refractory infertility with injured endometrium. However, there have been few pr…
BACKGROUND: Thin endometrium adversely affects reproductive success rates with fertility treatment. Autologous transplantation of exogenously prepared endometrium can be a promising therapeutic option for thin endometrium; however, endometr…
BACKGROUND: Human iPS cells (hiPSCs) have attracted considerable attention for applications to drug screening and analyses of disease mechanisms, and even as next generation materials for regenerative medicine. Genetic reprogramming of huma…
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), the most common lethal genetic disorder in children, is an X-linked recessive muscle disease characterized by the absence of dystrophin at the sarcolemma of muscle fibers. We examined a putative endometria…