The Twelfth Royan International Research Award-September 2011


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Best research project in Stem Cell Biology & Technology field: Hiromitsu Nakauchi, MD, PhD. Japan

Heterogeneity and Hierarchy Within the Most Primitive Hematopoietic Stem Cell Compartment


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Best research project in Regenerative Medicine field: Lorenzo Piemonti, PhD. Italy

Bone Marrow as Ideal Microenvironment for Human Islet Transplantation to Treat Type 1 Diabetes (Clinicaltrials.Gov Identifier: NCT01345227)


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Best research project in Female Infertility & Reproductive Imaging fields: Elizabeth Stewart, MD. USA

Safely Extending Focused Ultrasound Surgery for Uterine Leiomyomas to Women Who Desire Future Pregnancies


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Best research project in Reproductive Genetics field: Paul Thomas, PhD. Australia

Identification Of SOX3 As an XX Male Sex Reversal Gene in Mice and Humans


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Best research project in Embryology field: Steve Tardif, PhD. UK

Infertility with Impaired Zona Pellucida Adhesion of Spermatozoa from Mice Lacking TauCstF-64


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Best research project in Epidemiology & Ethics field: Heping Zhang, PhD. USA

Decision Trees for Identifying Predictors of Treatment Effectiveness in Clinical Trials and Its Application to Ovulation in a Study of Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome



National Winners

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Morteza Hosseini, PhD

Development of an Optimized Zona-Free Method of Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer in the Goat


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Jaleh Zolghadri, MD

Relationship between abnormal glucose tolerance test and history of previous recurrent miscarriages, and beneficial effect of metformin in these patients: a prospective clinical study


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Batool Rashidi, MD

Simvastatin Effects on Androgens, Inflammatory Mediators, and Endogenous Pituitary Gonadotropins Among Patients with PCOS Undergoing IVF: results from a prospective randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial