Is it acceptable to destroy or include human embryos before day 5 in research programmes?

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 522-529

  Poulain, Marine ^a,b   Hesters, Laetitia ^a   Sanglier, Thibaut ^c   De Bantel, Astrid ^a   Fanchin, Renato ^a,b   Frydman, Nelly ^a,b   Grynberg, Michael ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

blastulation; embryo wastage; ethical practice; implantation; live birth rate; PQE

Indexed keywords

ESTIMA G; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; PROGESTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLASTOMA; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NIDATION; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; EMBRYO RESEARCH; ETHICS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; TIME;

ADULT; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO RESEARCH; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; LIVE BIRTH; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84897528944     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2013.12.007     Document Type: Article

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