Vitrification in Open and Closed Carriers at Different Cell Stages: Assessment of Embryo Survival, Development, DNA Integrity and Stability during Vapor Phase Storage for Transport

BMC Biotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  AbdelHafez, Faten ^a   Xu, Jing ^a   Goldberg, Jeffrey ^a   Desai, Nina ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Closed carrier; ContaminationIVF; Cryoloop; Cryotip; Dry shipper transportation; Embryo; HSV straw; Storage; Vapor phase nitrogen liquid nitrogen; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

CLOSED CARRIER; CONTAMINATIONIVF; CRYOLOOP; CRYOTIP; DRY SHIPPER TRANSPORTATION; EMBRYO; HSV STRAW; STORAGE; VAPOR PHASE NITROGEN LIQUID NITROGEN;

CELLS; DNA; LIQUID NITROGEN; LIQUIDS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PHASE STABILITY; RECOVERY; VAPOR PHASE EPITAXY; VAPORS;

VITRIFICATION;

DNA; LIQUID NITROGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMERE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA DAMAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; FREEZE THAWING; FROZEN SECTION; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; VAPOR; VITRIFICATION; WARMING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

SIMPLEXVIRUS;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA DAMAGE; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 79954555359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-11-29     Document Type: Article

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