Hot Topics in Human Reproduction

Joseph G. Schenker, IAHR President, Professor and Chairman (Emeritus), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.  Martin Birkhaeuser, Professor Emeritus of Gynecological Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine, University of Berne, Switzerland​​.  Andrea R. Genazzani, IAHR General Secretary, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pisa, Italy.  John J. Sciarra, IAHR Vice President, Professor and Chairman Emeritus, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL, USA.  Liselotte Mettler, IAHR Treasurer and General Director, Professor Emeritus, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Clinics of Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany. 

Part I.Covid-19 Pandemic.- 1.Covid-19: Pandemic effect on Reproduction (Yaakov Ben-tov and Joseph G. Schenker).- 2. COVID-19 pandemic and vaccination (Yonatan Oster).- 3. Pregnancy: legal and ethical issues of vaccine refusal (Abraham Steinberg).- Part II. Beginning of Human Life.- 4. Scientific and religious controversies on beginning of human life (Asim Kurjak).- 5 .Philosophical consideration about the beginning of human life (Frank Chervenak and Amos Grunenbaum).- Part III. Rights to Reproduce.- 6. ART- Right to reproduce (Frankel RA, Merkison J, DeCherney AH).- 7. Surrogate Pregnancies: Medical, Ethical, Legal and Religious Aspects (Einat Gutman- Ido and Joseph. G. Schenker).- 8.Human Reproductive Cloning(Benagiano G and Bianchi P).- 9.The Postmenopausal mother (Bitzer I).- 10. Sex  Preselection (Serour  Gamal).- 11.  Planned oocyte cryopreservation -Social aspects (Tzafril A and Hyman I).- 12. Medical ,Social, Legal', Religious Aspects  of Genetic Material Donation (Yoel Shufaro, Alyssa Hochberg, Joseph  G Schenker).- 13. Legal Aspects  of ART - Informed Consent (Golan Ofra).- Part IV. Innovative Technologies.- 15. Artificial Intelligence in reproductive medicine (Assaf Ben-Meir, Natali Schachter-Safrai).- 15. PGT -A also known as PGS - the indication (Schmutzler  A).- 16. In vitro oocyte maturation (Tan Justin and Tan SL).- 17. Medical and ethical aspects of Non-invasive Prenatal Diagnosis (NIPT) (Wolfgang Holzgreve).- 18. Embryo Specific Communication and Interaction with Maternal Environment (Barnea Eytan).- Partr V. Some Difficult Patients.- 19. Management of infertility in overweight or obese PCOS patients (Xiangyan Ruan,Yu Yang, Muqing Gu, and Pooja Dhunge).- 20. Ethical issues in fertility sparing treatments in Gynecological Oncology (Simoncini Tommaso, Caretto Marta).