Embryo culture is when scientists or doctors grow and develop embryos (early stages of an organism's development) outside of the mother's body. This can be done for various reasons, such as helping infertile couples conceive, studying embryonic development, or selecting healthy embryos for implantation during in vitro fertilization (IVF).
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She thinks that data from
embryos cultured for nearly two weeks in the laboratory will provide more useful information than Egli's stem cell studies.
Additional studies evaluating the mechanisms by which race / ethnicity, infertility diagnosis, and day
of embryo culture affect perinatal outcomes in both autologous [donor and recipient are the same person] and donor IVF pregnancies are warranted to develop preventive measures to increase the likelihood of obtaining a good perinatal outcome among ART users,» the authors write.
Embryo growth after 12 months of dry storage was negligible and was observed only in
embryo cultures with growth hormones (c. 12 %) and no embryo growth was evident after 3 months of storage at − 18 °C in either medium.
NG = F1 hybrids germinate normally EC = F1 hybrids raised
by embryo culture IV = fruits / seeds set, but F1 seeds inviable PF = F1 hybrids partially fertile HF = F1 hybrids highly fertile — = no data
The growth potential of
excised embryos cultured on 1/2 MS medium declined by 31 % after 1 month of dry storage or after 24 h of dry storage at − 18 °C (Table 3), but growth was similar to that of embryos from freshly collected seeds (c. 80 %) when embryos were cultured with growth hormones.
A new topic of significant interest is the area of epigenetic alterations that can occur
during embryo culture in vitro, and the subsequent impact on phenotype.
Gardner DK, Rodriegez - Martinez H, Lane M. Fetal development after transfer is increased by replacing protein with the glycosaminoglycan hyaluronan for
mouse embryo culture and transfer.
Human chorionic gonadotropin was detected in the medium surrounding two
embryos cultured for more than 7 days after fertilization.
This technology requires technical skills that are typically not offered by veterinary practices and includes aspiration of immature or mature eggs from mares using ultrasound - guided transvaginal aspiration (TVA) of follicles, in vitro culture of the eggs, micromanipulation and microinjection of eggs with a single selected sperm, and
embryo culture in the laboratory, with freezing, and transfer of embryos to synchronized recipient mares.
Dr. Conaghan has over two decades of experience in human embryology and is best known for his studies on
embryo culture and metabolism.
Embryo cultures were maintained at 22 — 24 °C for 8 weeks, in darkness for the first 2 weeks followed by a 16 - h / 8 - h light — dark cycle.