https://www.selleckchem.com/ MCT9 was found to be abundantly and exclusively expressed in human kidney cells, and was highly downregulated in renal cancers. Kaplan-Meier plotter analysis revealed an increased survival rate of MCT9 high-expressing RCC patients. MCT9 proteins were detected in normal kidney tissue sections and their overexpression clearly attenuated renal cell proliferation. MCT9 was identified as a novel highly downregulated gene in renal cell cancer, and its overexpression clearly attenuated RCC cell proliferation. Thus, functional analysis of MCT9 may help in deciphering a yet-undiscovered kidney-specific energy metabolism during renal tumor progression. MCT9 was identified as a novel highly downregulated gene in renal cell cancer, and its overexpression clearly attenuated RCC cell proliferation. Thus, functional analysis of MCT9 may help in deciphering a yet-undiscovered kidney-specific energy metabolism during renal tumor progression. Infertility has been defined as a couple's failure to conceive after regular and unprotected coitus for 1 year or six months, depending on the age of the female counterpart. Although infertility can result from both the male and/or the female, often the female partner faces pressure since it is believed in some African cultures that a woman without children is like a tree without leaves. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of successful pregnancy outcomes among infertile women undergoing assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatment at the Cape Windhoek Fertility Clinic. This was a prospective and descriptive cross-sectional case reference study encompassing 178 infertile women visiting the Cape Windhoek Fertility Clinic for ART treatment. The vast majority of the participants (81.5%) were married women. From the 178 infertile women, 96 (53.9%) suffered from primary and 82 (46.1%) from secondary infertility. The predominant cause of complications for infertility among the women studied was defect