In biology, folliculogenesis refers to the maturation of the ovarian follicle, a densely - packed shell of somatic cells that contains
an immature oocyte.
Cumulus - free
immature oocytes from consenting ICSI patients were obtained 6 — 8 h after oocyte retrieval and transferred to the research laboratory.
This is a proof of principle to demonstrate that
immature oocytes are able to achieve the developmental competence with selected ovarian factors in vitro.
Not exact matches
Unlike
oocytes, he says,
immature sperm «are totally dependent on supporting cells in the testes,» an environment that's very difficult to re-create.
Freezing
oocytes (
immature eggs) is already an established, if not totally reliable, practice at some IVF clinics.
Approximately 20 % of
oocytes routinely retrieved following hormone stimulation are classified as
immature (termed germinal vesicle (GV) or metaphase I (MI) stage); these
oocytes are discarded due to their reduced potential for embryo development under current culture conditions [1].
Immature human
oocytes were matured in vitro via supplementation with ovarian paracrine / autocrine factors that were selected based on expression of ligands in the cumulus cells and their corresponding receptors in
oocytes.