Open AccessNovel strategy with potential to identify developmentally competent IVF blastocysts
Author(s) -
G.M. Jones,
David S. Cram,
Bi Song,
Georgia Kokkali,
Konstantinos Pantos,
Alan Trounson
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
human reproduction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446
H-Index - 226
eISSN - 1460-2350
pISSN - 0268-1161
DOI - 10.1093/humrep/den123
Subject(s) - blastocyst , biology , andrology , microarray , gene expression profiling , biopsy , inner cell mass , embryo , genetics , gene , gene expression , pathology , embryogenesis , medicine
Currently there are no markers fully predictive of developmental competence of human IVF embryos. The present study investigated a novel strategy involving blastocyst biopsy and DNA fingerprinting to link developmental competence with gene expression patterns.
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