Reproductive Endocrinology

Major achievements in reproductive biology and endocrinology have been made during the last year. Two major areas show intense activity and have revised our concepts. There has been continuous high activity in the stem cell field and the advances of stem cell biology are now creating novel possibilities of assisted-reproduction technologies for human use. Another area of interesting development is that of reproductive behavioral sciences, where advanced genetic, molecular and neuro physiological technologies have developed the field. Many of the findings reported in this chapter are still at the experimental level, but ongoing translational approaches are expected to result in rapid applicability in human medicine.