New frontiers in embryo selection

I Glatstein, A Chavez-Badiola, CL Curchoe - Journal of assisted …, 2023 - Springer
Human infertility is a major global public health issue estimated to affect one out of six
couples, while the number of assisted reproduction cycles grows impressively year over …

Blastulation time measured with time-lapse system can predict in vitro viability of bovine blastocysts

C Huayhua, M Rodríguez, J Vega, M Briones… - PloS one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The objective of this study was to evaluate the time of blastulation monitored by time-lapse
technology to predict in vitro viability of bovine blastocysts. This technology can be a …

Clinical validation of an automatic classification algorithm applied on cleavage stage embryos: analysis for blastulation, euploidy, implantation, and live-birth potential

MA Valera, B Aparicio-Ruiz, S Pérez-Albalá… - Human …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
STUDY QUESTION Is a commercially available embryo assessment algorithm for early
embryo evaluation based on the automatic annotation of morphokinetic timings a useful tool …

Development of a microfluidic chip powered by EWOD for in vitro manipulation of bovine embryos

A Karcz, A Van Soom, K Smits, S Van Vlierberghe… - Biosensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Digital microfluidics (DMF) holds great potential for the alleviation of laboratory procedures
in assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs). The electrowetting on dielectric (EWOD) …

Associations of personal care products use with reproductive outcomes of IVF/ICSI treatment

QC Guo, W Yao, C Liu, TR Deng, J Li… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Personal care products (PCPs) contain a number of endocrine-disrupting
chemicals (EDCs) that could potentially affect the reproductive function in women of …

Post-thaw day 5 blastocyst culture time prior to transfer does not affect assisted reproduction technology (ART) outcomes in frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycles

M Ciaffaglione, M Reschini, M Balli, C Guarneri… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The frozen embryo transfer (FET) technique has been progressively used more worldwide
due to improved culture conditions, as well as enhanced survival rates after vitrification …

Interpretable artificial intelligence-assisted embryo selection improved single-blastocyst transfer outcomes: a prospective cohort study

S Wang, L Chen, H Sun - Reproductive BioMedicine Online, 2023 - Elsevier
Research question What is the pregnancy and neonatal outcomes of an interpretable
artificial intelligence (AI) model for embryo selection in a prospective clinical trial? Design …

Time-lapse-Monitoring–Pro und Kontra

V Nordhoff, C Sibold, J Hirchenhain - Gynäkologische Endokrinologie, 2023 - Springer
Die medizinisch unterstützte Fortpflanzung („medically assisted reproduction “[MAR]) hat
sich seit den ersten erfolgreichen Schritten vor über 40 Jahren kontinuierlich …

Better late than never: the clinical value of Day 7 blastocysts

JJ Fraire-Zamora, M Serdarogullari… - Human …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The advancement of in vitro culture media has improved the efficacy of ARTs in the
treatment of infertility (Chronopoulou and Harper, 2015). Despite this progress, embryos …

Automated assessment of PN (Pronuclear) score through time-lapse monitoring system at Assisted Fertility Clinics

S Dutta, N Chaudhari… - 2023 8th International …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Embryologists suffer from a significant amount of stress from having to be present at
irrational hours to do a fertility check by doing pronuclear (PN) scoring manually. This …