Cryopreservation of mammalian embryos: Advancement of putting life on hold

Birth Defects Research Part C - Embryo Today: Reviews

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 163-175

  Tsang, Wai Hung ^a   Chow, King L ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Animal colony management; Assisted reproductive technology; Cryopreservation; Transgenesis; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICE; CELL VIABILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOTUBE; CYTOSKELETON; FREEZE THAWING; GENE EXPRESSION; LABORATORY APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; MAMMAL; MESH TYPE CARRIER; MICRODROP BASE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; REVIEW; STRAW TYPE CARRIER; TIP TYPE CARRIER; TRANSGENICS; VITRIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; VITRIFICATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 77956679000     PISSN: 1542975X     EISSN: 15429768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrc.20186     Document Type: Review

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