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Biomarkers and the Assessment of Uterine Receptivity

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ART and the Human Blastocyst

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The use of biomarkers is an expanding and challenging area of biomedical research. At the turn of twenthieth century, we can look back proudly at the steady advances in the field of medicine. In 1999, the NIH organized a symposium on the use of biomarkers for the diagnosis and treatment of a wide variety of medical conditions (http://www4.od.nih.gov/biomarkers/index.htm). It was pointed out during this conference that efficient use and selection of appropriate biomarkers in diagnosis and assessment of any condition or interest requires an extensive infrastructure of investigators, comprised of: (1) an environment in which basic science can proceed to translational research; (2) availability of technological resources; and (3) clinical researchers, biostatisticians, and epidemiologists who design studies to validate the use of biomarkers. As interest in the assessment of the endometrium has grown, many of these concepts involving biomarkers will need to be applied to the data emerging on endometrial markers.

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Lessey, B.A. (2001). Biomarkers and the Assessment of Uterine Receptivity. In: Gardner, D.K., Lane, M. (eds) ART and the Human Blastocyst. Proceedings in the Serono Symposia USA Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0149-3_17

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  • Online ISBN: 978-1-4613-0149-3

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

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