Nanotechnology and Reproductive Health

This comprehensive volume explores the transformative yet complex role of nanotechnology in reproductive health, balancing its revolutionary diagnostic and therapeutic potential with emerging toxicological and ethical challenges.

The book systematically details how nanomaterials are reshaping Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART), targeted drug delivery, and next-generation contraception. It also presents a critical evaluation of the adverse impacts of environmental and engineered nanoparticles on male and female reproductive systems, detailing their disruption of neuroendocrine axes, gamete interactions, and placental barriers. Furthermore, the text bridges the gap between bench and bedside by examining the clinical translation of nano-therapeutics for reproductive cancers, alongside rigorous discussions on global ethical, regulatory and socio-economic frameworks required for safe implementation.

Key Features

- Covers several aspects of nanotechnology applications for Assisted Reproductive Technologies and reproductive health.
- Integrates cutting-edge multi-omics research, transgenerational toxicity data and predictive modeling.
- Practical Insights: Provides a balanced "safe-by-design" perspective with actionable insights for International regulatory harmonization.
- Offers a dual focus on both clinical therapeutic opportunities and environmental hazard mitigation.

Target Readership :

Primary: Reproductive biologists, nanotoxicologists, endocrinologists, and bioethicists.

Secondary: Pharmacologists, regulatory policymakers, environmental health scientists, and graduate students in biomedical and nanoscience.

Editor(s):

Mohammad Mehdi Ommati
School of Medicine, Linyi University
Linyi, Shandong, China

Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
Shiraz, Iran

Henan Key Laboratory of Environmental and Animal
Product Safety, College of Animal Science and Technology
Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang
Henan, China

Contributor(s):

Abiodun Nathaniel Adunbarin
Department of Research Operations
National Institute for Freshwater Fisheries Research
New Bussa, Niger State
Nigeria

Adamu Mustapha
Department of Microbiology
Federal University of Technology Minna
Minna, Niger State
Nigeria

Abioye Olabifi Peter
Department of Microbiology
Federal University of Technology Minna
Minna, Niger State
Nigeria

Asmau Maude M
Department of Microbiology
Federal University of Technology Minna
Minna, Niger State
Nigeria

Aziz Eftekhari
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science
Ege University
Izmir
Turkey

Alege Ibrahim Olaide
In-Patient Unit
University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital
Ilorin, Kwara State
Nigeria

Abdulhakeem Idris Abdulhakeem
Department of Biodiversity and Bioresources
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Almaty
Kazakhstan

Bala Jeremiah David
Department of Research Operations
National Institute for Freshwater Fisheries Research
New Bussa, Niger State
Nigeria

Cigir Biray-Avci
Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine
Ege University
Izmir
Turkey

Elelu Shehu-Alimi
Department of Chemistry
Howard University
Washington, DC
USA

Fatimoh Abdulsalam Danjuma
Ministry of National Guard Hospital
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia

Ganiyat Omotayo Ibrahim
Department of Chemistry
Nottingham Trent University
Nottingham, England
United Kingdom

Hong-Wei Wang
Henan Key Laboratory of Environmental and Animal Product Safety, College of Animal Science and Technology
Henan University of Science and Technology
Luoyang, Henan
China

Helen Shnada Auta
Department of Microbiology
Federal University of Technology Minna
Minna, Niger State
Nigeria

Idowu Afeez Temitope
Department of Medicinal Research
Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital
Kaohsiung
Taiwan

Ishola Jonathan Adekunle
Department of Public Health
Obafemi Awolowo University
Ile-Ife, Osun State
Nigeria

Job Oloruntoba Samuel
Department of Microbiology
Federal University of Technology Minna
Minna, Niger State
Nigeria

Kingsley Alphonsus
Callington Road Hospital (Mental Health), National Health Service (NHS)
Bristol, England
United Kingdom

Leila Sabour-Takanlou
Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine
Ege University
Izmir
Turkey

Lizbeth Juárez-Rojas
Department of Biology of Reproduction
Autonomous Metropolitan University-Iztapalapa
Mexico City
Mexico

Miracle Uwa Livinus
Department of Biochemistry, School of Sciences and Information Technology
Skyline University Nigeria
Kano, Kano State
Nigeria

Maryam Sabour-Takanlou
Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine
Ege University
Izmir
Turkey

Mohammad Mehdi Ommati
Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
Shiraz
Iran

School of Medicine, Linyi University
Linyi, Shandong
China

Miracle Uwa Livinus
Department of Biochemistry
Skyline University Nigeria
Kano, Kano State
Nigeria

Musa Ojeba Innocent
Department of Microbiology
Skyline University Nigeria
Kano, Kano State
Nigeria

Mustapha Abdulsalam
Department of Microbiology
Skyline University Nigeria
Kano, Kano State
Nigeria

Madinat Hassan
Foresight Institute of Research and Translation (FIRAT)
Kigali
Rwanda

Maryam Ben Omar Jebari
Nanobiosystems Group
CIC nanoGUNE BRTA
San Sebastián
Spain

Department of Physiology
University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
San Sebastian
Spain

Mariana Medina-Sánchez
Nanobiosystems Group
CIC nanoGUNE BRTA
San Sebastián
Spain

Department of Micro- and Nano-Biosystems
Center for Molecular Bioengineering (B CUBE), Dresden University of Technology
Dresden
Germany

IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science
Bilbao
Spain

Nigar Huseynova
Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry
Baku State University
Baku
Azerbaijan

Ping Sun
Henan Key Laboratory of Environmental and Animal Product Safety, College of Animal Science and Technology
Henan University of Science and Technology
Luoyang, Henan
China

Pallavi Jha
Micro- and Nanobiomedical Engineering Group
Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW)
Dresden, Saxony
Germany

Ron Raymond Kallery
Department of Chemistry
MES Abasaheb Garware College
Pune, Maharashtra
India

Rovshan Khalilov
Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry
Baku State University
Baku
Azerbaijan

Reza Heidari
Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
Shiraz
Iran

Socorro Retana-Márquez
Department of Biology of Reproduction, Health and Biological Sciences Division
Autonomous Metropolitan University-Iztapalapa
Mexico City
Mexico

Sheraz Ahmad
College of Veterinary Medicine, Shanxi Agricultural University
Jinzhong, Shanxi
China

Shobha A. Waghmode
Department of Chemistry
MES Abasaheb Garware College
Pune, Maharashtra
India

Senthilkumar A.
Department of Computer Science
Skyline University Nigeria
Kano, Kano State
Nigeria

Sanjoy Kumar Pal
Department of Microbiology
Skyline University Nigeria
Kano, Kano State
Nigeria

Salam Olaitan Lateefat
Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Sweden

Sunday Zeal Bala
Department of Education
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Princess Anne, Maryland
USA

Shehu Sani
Department of Public Health
Kano State Ministry of Health
Kano, Kano State
Nigeria

Tadeo Andrade-Juárez
Center of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Ensenada, Baja California
Mexico

Udeme Josiah J. Ijah
Department of Microbiology
Federal University of Technology Minna
Minna, Niger State
Nigeria

Yusuf Baran
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Laboratory of Cancer Genetics
İzmir Institute of Technology
İzmir
Turkey

Yashika Bakhru
Department of Chemistry
MES Abasaheb Garware College
Pune, Maharashtra
India

Züleyha Baran
Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology
Anadolu University
Eskişehir
Turkey

Zilong Sun
College of Veterinary Medicine, Shanxi Agricultural University
Jinzhong, Shanxi
China

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