Validation of microSecure vitrification (μS-VTF) for the effective cryopreservation of human embryos and oocytes

Cryobiology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 264-272

  Schiewe, Mitchel C ^a   Zozula, Shane ^a   Anderson, Robert E ^a,b   Fahy, Gregory M ^c  

^a Ovagen Fertility Southern California Institute for Reproductive Sciences (SCIRS)   (United States)

^b Southern California Reproductive Center   (United States)

^c 21st Century Medicine Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Aseptic vitrification; Cooling rates; Embryos; Oocytes; Validation; Warming rates

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BLASTOCYST; CELL SURVIVAL; COOLING; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FREEZING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NIDATION; OOCYTE; OOCYTE PRESERVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOW FREEZING METHOD; TISSUE PRESERVATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VITRIFICATION; WARMING; ADULT; ANIMAL; DEVICES; EMBRYO CULTURE; FEMALE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MICE; OOCYTES; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84942296748     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: 10902392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2015.07.009     Document Type: Article

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