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ReviewNature aging2024

Emerging therapeutic strategies to mitigate female and male reproductive aging.

Yasmyn E Winstanley, Jennifer S Stables, Macarena B Gonzalez, Takashi Umehara, Robert J Norman, Rebecca L Robker

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Review in Nature aging, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Exercise slows ovarian aging.Nature aging · 2026
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  7. circHERC1-A telomerase activator.Science advances · 2025
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  8. Germ cells and the aging niche: a systems approach to reproductive longevity.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Yasmyn E Winstanley *Robinson Research Institute, School of Biomedicine; The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0196-0965
Jennifer S Stables *Robinson Research Institute, School of Biomedicine; The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0728-3686
Macarena B GonzalezRobinson Research Institute, School of Biomedicine; The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6567-938X
Takashi UmeharaGraduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan.
Robert J NormanRobinson Research Institute, Adelaide Medical School; The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Rebecca L RobkerRobinson Research Institute, School of Biomedicine; The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. rebecca.robker@adelaide.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0002-1538-4604

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

People today are choosing to have children later in life, often in their thirties and forties, when their fertility is in decline. We sought to identify and compile effective methods for improving either male or female fertility in this context of advanced reproductive age. We found few clinical studies with strong evidence for therapeutics that mitigate reproductive aging or extend fertility; however, this Perspective summarizes the range of emerging experimental strategies under development. Preclinical studies, in mouse models of aging, have identified pharmaceutical candidates that improve egg and sperm quality. Further, a diverse array of medically assisted reproduction methodologies, including those that stimulate rare ovarian follicles and rejuvenate egg quality using mitochondria, may have future utility for older patients. Finally, we highlight the many knowledge gaps and possible future directions in the field of therapeutics to extend the age of healthy human reproduction.

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AgingReproductionAnimalsFemaleFertilityHumansMaleMiceReproductive Techniques, Assisted

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