Stem cell transplant in mouse embryo yields heart protection in adulthood
Rochester, Minn. May 14, 2009 - Stem cells play a role in heart muscle rejuvenation by attracting cells from the body that develop into heart muscle cells. They have been successfully used to halt or reverse cardiac injury following heart attack, but not to prevent injury before it occurs. A ...Single embryo transfer is the cheapest and most effective strategy for assisted reproduction
Transferring single embryos to women's wombs over several assisted reproduction cycles that use both fresh and frozen embryos is more effective and cheaper than transferring two or more embryos at one time, according to data from the world's longest running series of patients who choose to have on...Most IVF Patients Under 35 Should Have Single Embryo Transfer, According to Latest SART Data
Delaware Fertility Doctors Urge Worldwide Acceptance Newark, DE (PRWEB) March 17, 2009 -- IVF physicians at Reproductive Associates of Delaware (RAD)( http://www.reproductiveassociates.org ) have demonstrated that single embryos cultured under proper conditions have mor...Largest study of fertility patients shows concerns about embryo disposition
DURHAM, NC -- Fertility patients who are done having children feel responsible for the stored, frozen embryos left over from their treatment, yet more than half are against implanting the embryos in anyone else, according to a new study by researchers at Duke University Medical Center. "This ...Study Reports Successful Cloning of Human Embryo Using Adult DNA
Key Step Toward Developing Embryonic Stem Cell Lines for Therapeutic Cloning DURHAM, N.C., Jan. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- A California research team has become the first to report, and painstakingly document, the cloning of a human embryo using donated oocytes (egg ce...Two Major Studies Show: Human Pluripotent Stem Cells without Cloning or Destroying Embryo
"On both ethical and practical grounds, direct programming is superior to cloning as a means of obtaining patient-specific pluripotent stem cells." WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Two major scientific papers published this week in Science and Cell unveil a proven way to gener...Advanced Cell Technology Develops First Human Embryonic Stem Cell Line without Destroying an Embryo
ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 21, 2007 - Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. (OTCBB: ACTC) has successfully produced a human embryonic stem cell (hESC) line without destroying an embryo at its lab in Worcester, Massachusetts. This development was announced by Robert Lanza, M.D., V.P. of Research...Researchers Create First Targeted Knockout Rats Using Zinc Finger Nuclease Technology
...oning) or embryonic stem cells and allows rapid creation of new animal models." In the study published in Science titled "Knockout Rats via embryo Microinjection of Zinc Finger Nucleases," (Geurts, et al.) scientists used ZFNs to knock out an inserted reporter gene and two native rat genes withou...New Data Supports Significant Economic and Clinical Value of MENOPUR(R) in IVF
...ost-effectiveness of different gonadotropins in IVF cycles involving frozen embryo transfers using a simulation model. The economic evaluation compared HP-hMG... over rFSH in women undergoing conventional IVF and, when available, frozen embryo transfer cycles.[1] Since this study attempts to realistically model the ac...Inspiration for 'My Sister's Keeper' Speaks Out
... B. Schoolcraft, the Nashes were able to select an embryo that met two criteria: it didn't carry the genetic... for Molly Nash who suffered from FA. The selected embryo would later develop to be Molly's little brother A...usion that would save Molly's life. Later a second embryo from the couple would grow to become the couple's ...Single thawed embryo transfer after PGD does not affect pregnancy rates
Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Transferring just one embryo at a time to a woman's womb after embryos have undergone preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and freezing at the blastocyst stage has become a real option after researchers achieved pregnancy rates that were as good as those for blastocy...Hebrew University scientists reveal mechanism that triggers differentiation of embryo cells
Jerusalem, December 21, 2008 The mechanism whereby embryonic cells stop being flexible and turn into more mature cells that can develop into specific tissues has been discovered by scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The discovery has significant consequences towards furthering resea...Digital zebrafish embryo provides the first complete developmental blueprint of a vertebrate
Researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) have generated a digital zebrafish embryo - the first complete developmental blueprint of a vertebrate. With a newly developed microscope scientists could for the first time track all cells for the first 24 hours in the life of a zebr...Newly discovered molecular switch helps decide cell type in early embryo development
CINCINNATI Researchers have discovered a central molecular switch in fruit fly embryos that opens new avenues for studying the causes of birth defects and cancer in humans. Writing about their study in the Aug. 12 Developmental Cell, scientists at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center d...Decoding effects of toxins on embryo development
Changes in gene expression patterns in zebrafish embryos resulting from exposure to environmental toxins can identify the individual toxins at work, according to research published in the online open access journal Genome Biology. The genetic response of zebrafish to each toxin can be read like ...In-vitro fertilization improved with 3-D/4-D-guided embryo transfer and new placement target
Beverly Hills, Calif. and Washington DC (ASRM Annual Meeting) - October 15, 2007 - The pregnancy rate for patients undergoing in-vitro fertilization (IVF) is improved when doctors use advanced 3D/4D imaging to guide the placement of embryos to the point where the endometrium is most receptive to i...Unisense FertiliTech A/S Receives CE Mark of Approval for EmbryoScope(TM) Embryo Monitoring System
AARUHS, Denmark, July 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Unisense FertiliTech A/S ( http://www.fertilitech.com ) announces that the EmbryoScope(TM) Embryo Monitoring System and EmbryoSlide(TM) tray have received CE approval as class IIa medical devices for use in IVF. Unisense Fertilitech A/S also received the...Researchers report development of embryonic stem cells without destroying embryo
A Massachusetts company, working with University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers and others, says it has discovered a way to generate embryonic stem cell lines without interfering with the developmental potential of the embryos. The company, Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. of Worcester, Mass.,...OMT announces a breakthrough in the development of a novel human antibody platform
... Medical College of Wisconsin, and INSERM, today announced the creation of the first targeted knockout rats as detailed in "Knockout Rats Produced via embryo Microinjection of Designed Zinc Finger Nucleases," published in the July 24th issue of Science . The creation of rats with permanent, heritable gene...Irvine Scientific Announced Today a New Distribution Partnership With Prodimed
...ng in women's health, located in Neuilly en Thelle, France. Effective immediately, Irvine Scientific will be distributing Prodimed's extensive line of embryo transfer catheters, oocyte retrieval needles, and intra-uterine insemination cannulas within the U.S.A. Prodimed has a long history of devel...Stem cells' 'suspended' state preserved by key step, scientists report
...neurons to introduce into patients. The new research, conducted on mouse embryo cells, revealed that a gene known as Chd1 loosens the packaging that normal...rmation of a tissue known as primitive endoderm, which is essential for the embryo to survive and develop. Chd1 also was shown by the research team to be ...