Julie Firmin

ORCID: 0000-0001-8269-7515 · 4 papers in corpus
review 2026
Human Reproduction Update ·doi:10.1093/humupd/dmaf022

BACKGROUND: Infertility is a growing global challenge, with ARTs significantly improving birth rates for infertile couples. However, ART conceptions are associated with a higher risk of negative obstetrical and perinatal outcomes, with pote…

2025
Clinical epigenetics ·doi:10.1186/s13148-025-01982-1

BackgroundEpidemiological studies have shown a small but significantly increased risk of leukemia in children conceived by in vitro fertilization. Atypical DNA methylation patterns observed in pediatric cancers are suspected to occur in ute…

other 2025
Clinical epigenetics ·doi:10.1186/s13148-025-01828-w

BACKGROUND: Endometriosis appears to have a multilayered etiology, with genetic and epigenetic factors each contributing half of the pathogenesis. The molecular processes that underlie the onset of endometriosis are yet unclear, but it is a…

2024
Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E ·doi:10.1186/s12958-024-01214-w

BackgroundThe Live Birth Rate (LBR) after day 5 (D5) blastocyst transfer is significantly higher than that with D6 embryos in both fresh and frozen-vitrified embryo transfer cycles, according to the most recently published meta-analyses. Th…