Identification and isolation of embryonic stem cells in reproductive endocrinology: Theoretical protocols for conservation of human embryos derived from in vitro fertilization

Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Sills, Eric Scott ^a   Takeuchi, Takumi ^b   Tanaka, Noriko ^b   Neri, Queenie V ^b   Palermo, Gianpiero D ^b,c  

^a ATLANTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c 3HT 336 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLASTOMERE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STRUCTURE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY THERAPY; KARYOTYPE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLASTOCYST; CELL SEPARATION; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO RESEARCH; ETHICS; INNER CELL MASS; METHODOLOGY; MICRODISSECTION; MOSAICISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLITICS; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE; TISSUE SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOCYST INNER CELL MASS; BLASTOMERES; CELL SEPARATION; EMBRYO RESEARCH; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MICRODISSECTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOSAICISM; POLITICS; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TISSUE SURVIVAL;

EID: 23944482247     PISSN: 17424682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4682-2-25     Document Type: Article

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