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Nested Selves: Self‐Organization and Shared Markov Blankets in Prenatal Development in Humans
Abstract The immune system is a central component of organismic function in humans. This paper addresses self‐organization of biological systems in relation to—and nested within—other biological systems in pregnancy. Pregnancy constitutes a fundamental state for human embodiment and a key step in the evolution and conservation of our species. While not
Anna Ciaunica+3 more
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Pluripotent Stem Cell-Based Models: A Peephole into Virus Infections during Early Pregnancy
The rubella virus (RV) was the first virus shown to be teratogenic in humans. The wealth of data on the clinical symptoms associated with congenital rubella syndrome is in stark contrast to an incomplete understanding of the forces leading to the ...
Claudia Claus+2 more
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STUDY QUESTION Does conventional blastocyst morphological evaluation correlate with euploidy (as assessed by comprehensive chromosome screening (CCS) of trophectoderm (TE) biopsies) and implantation potential? SUMMARY ANSWER A moderate relation between
A. Capalbo+7 more
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Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 on Fertility: An Integrative Review
ABSTRACT This integrative review aimed to explore the impact of the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) on fertility to establish foundational knowledge and guide future epidemiological studies. The PubMed and Central Journal of Medicine databases were searched, yielding 80 relevant articles published between 2019 and 2021.
Wakaha Ikeda+2 more
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Assessing the impact of semen quality on embryo development in an egg donation model
Objective: To investigate if any of the World Health Organization semen parameters and/or male age are associated with embryo development. Design: Retrospective chart review between January 2008 and May 2015.
Lusine Aghajanova, M.D., Ph.D.+3 more
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Embryo staging with weakly-supervised region selection and dynamically-decoded predictions [PDF]
To optimize clinical outcomes, fertility clinics must strategically select which embryos to transfer. Common selection heuristics are formulas expressed in terms of the durations required to reach various developmental milestones, quantities historically annotated manually by experienced embryologists based on time-lapse EmbryoScope videos.
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Fresh or frozen? Classifying ‘spare' embryos for donation to human embryonic stem cell research [PDF]
This article is available open access, funded by the Wellcome Trust. It is distributed under a Creative Commons License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Copyright @ 2010 Elsevier Ltd.United Kingdom (UK) funding to build human embryonic stem
Ehrich, K, Farsides, B, Williams, C
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Effect of vitrification on apoptotic changes in feline embryos
The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of a vitrification-warming procedure on the viability of cat embryos and blastocysts and the incidence of apoptotic changes in blastocysts subjected to vitrification and blastocyst that developed from ...
Małgorzata Ochota, Wojciech Niżański
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Histological cut of a paraffin-embedded blastocyst: Optimized protocol for murine blastocysts
Paraffin-embedded tissues have been used for research and therapeutic applications for decades, as they represent a valuable tool in histology and for molecular analysis, as well as being a way to preserve tissue samples for long periods at a low cost.
José Mijares+6 more
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STUDY QUESTION Is blastocyst transfer safe when compared to cleavage stage embryo transfer regarding obstetric and perinatal outcomes? SUMMARY ANSWER The clinical equipoise between blastocyst and cleavage stage embryo transfer remains as the evidence ...
W. Martins+5 more
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