Elder K

No ORCID on file · 3 papers in corpus
article 2021
Communications biology ·doi:10.1038/s42003-021-02194-y

Abstract Assessment of the endometrium often necessitates a biopsy, which currently involves an invasive, transcervical procedure. Here, we present an alternative technique based on deriving organoids from menstrual flow. We demonstrate tha…

review 2016
Reproductive BioMedicine Online ·doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2016.09.006

The negative effect of oxidative stress on the human reproductive process is no longer a matter for debate. Oxidative stress affects female and male gametes and the developmental capacity of embryos. Its effect can continue through late sta…

2015
eLife ·doi:10.7554/elife.11389

Aneuploidy in human eggs is the leading cause of pregnancy loss and Down's syndrome. Aneuploid eggs result from chromosome segregation errors when an egg develops from a progenitor cell, called an oocyte. The mechanisms that lead to an incr…