The purpose of this review is to summarize studies that investigate blood and the main
components of fetal bovine serum (FBS) in vertebrates, including major livestock, and review …

The in vitro production of porcine embryos has presented numerous challenges to
researchers over the past four decades. Some of the problems encountered were specific to …

Despite four decades of effort, robust propagation of pluripotent stem cells from livestock
animals remains challenging. The requirements for self-renewal are unclear and the …

Growth differentiation factor 9 (GDF9) and bone morphogenetic protein 15 (BMP15) are
oocyte-specific growth factors with central roles in mammalian reproduction, regulating …

High-resolution molecular programmes delineating the cellular foundations of mammalian
embryogenesis have emerged recently. Similar analysis of human embryos is limited to pre …

The objective was to determine whether adding L-carnitine in IVM/IVC medium enhanced
maturation and developmental competence of porcine oocytes in vitro. Oocyte maturation …

Contents Recent advances in new technologies to produce cloned and genetically modified
pigs involve manipulating oocytes and/or embryos in vitro. Although a great deal of progress …

We have previously established a concept of developing exogenic pancreas in a genetically
modified pig fetus with an apancreatic trait, thereby proposing the possibility of in vivo …

Human assisted reproductive technology procedures are routinely performed in clinics
globally, and some of these approaches are now common in other mammals such as cattle …

Oocytes acquire developmental competence with progressive folliculogenesis. Cumulus
oocyte complexes (COCs) from small antral follicles have inherent low competence and are …