Patients who have repeatedly failed in in vitro fertilization or experienced recurrent miscarriages will have the opportunity to ask leading reproductive immunology experts about treatment options.
The International Society for Immunology of Reproduction (ISIR) announced that it will hold the 16th World Congress on Reproductive Immunology from November 5 to 8 at BEXCO in Busan. This year's theme is 'Global Dialogue on Population Balance and Women's Health through Reproductive Immunology.'
Keynote speakers will include Kwak Young-hee, president of ISIR, and Cha Kwang-ryul, head of the Global Comprehensive Research Institute at Cha Hospital and Cha Bio Group. Kwak is a professor at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in Chicago and is recognized as an authority in the fields of recurrent miscarriage and implantation failure. Cha is known for developing the world's first rapid oocyte freezing method and establishing an egg bank. Other experts, including Gil Moore from Wayne State University and Surendra Sharma from the University of Texas, along with Kang In-soo from Cha University, will also share their latest research findings.
The conference will feature three public forums for patients and families from November 6 to 8. These forums are designed to allow attendees to ask experts questions that they could not resolve in clinical settings and to learn about the latest research in an accessible manner. Kwak, along with George Endoqueyong from the Harley Street Fertility Clinic in London and Ricardo Barini from the University of Campinas in Brazil, will take the stage.
Topics at the forums will include the timing and methods of immunotherapy in infertility treatment, solutions for repeated failures in in vitro fertilization, and accurate diagnosis and personalized treatment for recurrent miscarriage and implantation failure. Experts will explain causes and diagnostic methods based on actual patient cases and discuss the applicability of immunotherapy. Patients and families can attend for free with prior registration.
Reproductive immunology studies how a woman's immune system affects embryo implantation and the maintenance of pregnancy. During pregnancy, the maternal immune system must be regulated to avoid attacking the fetus, and issues in this process can impact pregnancy outcomes.
The academic program will present the role of the immune system in reproduction and pregnancy, as well as the latest research on reproductive aging and women's health. Discussions will also cover immunological approaches to increase pregnancy success rates and treatment strategies for reproductive aging, such as diminished ovarian function.
Kwak will address 'Immune Regulation Abnormalities in the Ovarian Inflammatory Spectrum,' focusing on inflammatory changes in the ovaries and immune regulation issues. Cha will present on 'Managing Reproductive Aging Using K Cells,' discussing related research findings and the potential for cell therapy. Moore will discuss how immune cell differentiation at the maternal-fetal interface is regulated based on fetal sex. Sharma will explore the relationship between hypertensive disorders during pregnancy, such as preeclampsia, and brain health, sharing research on the mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease in younger populations.
Kwak expressed hope that the public forums will provide practical assistance to infertility patients through the research achievements in reproductive immunology. She emphasized the importance of creating an environment where patients and families can ask experts their questions and understand the treatment process, while also encouraging experts to listen to patients' challenges to find better treatment directions together.
Meanwhile, the International Society for Immunology of Reproduction, established in 1975, is an international academic organization co-founded by Professor Robert Edwards, who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2010 for his role in the birth of the world's first test-tube baby.
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