High survival of mouse oocytes/embryos after vitrification without permeating cryoprotectants followed by ultra-rapid warming with an IR laser pulse

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Jin, Bo ^a   Mazur, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; MAMMALIAN EMBRYO; MOUSE; OOCYTE; OSMOSIS; PROCEDURES; VITRIFICATION;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; MICE; OOCYTES; OSMOSIS; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84925424471     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep09271     Document Type: Article

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