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Chapter 2 - Embryo Developmental Programming

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2023

By
Virginia N. Bolton
Edited by
Catherine Racowsky ,
Jacques Cohen  and
Nicholas Macklon
Catherine Racowsky
Affiliation:
Hôpital Foch, France
Jacques Cohen
Affiliation:
IVF 2.0, New York
Nicholas Macklon
Affiliation:
London Women's Clinic
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Summary

The developmental potential of individual human embryos varies, presenting clinical scientists with the challenge of developing methods enabling them to distinguish between those embryos destined to fail and those that have the potential to lead to a viable pregnancy. This chapter will summarise what is currently understood about the developmental programme of the human embryo. Through greater understanding of the underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms regulating pre-implantation development, the different approaches to embryo selection for use in ART treatment may be explored and evaluated.

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Manual of Embryo Selection in Human Assisted Reproduction , pp. 10 - 19
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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