Oocyte cryopreservation-current scenario and future perspectives: a narrative review

HD Pai, R Baid, NP Palshetkar, A Pai… - Journal of Human …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Oocyte cryopreservation is a boon for women undergoing assisted reproductive technology.
With the evolution in the technique of cryopreservation over the last three decades, there …

Biomaterials for Testicular Bioengineering: How far have we come and where do we have to go?

BO Horvath-Pereira, GHDR Almeida… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Traditional therapeutic interventions aim to restore male fertile potential or preserve sperm
viability in severe cases, such as semen cryopreservation, testicular tissue, germ cell …

Oocyte and embryo cryopreservation in assisted reproductive technology: past achievements and current challenges

V Casciani, B Monseur, D Cimadomo, R Alvero… - Fertility and sterility, 2023 - Elsevier
Cryopreservation has revolutionized the treatment of infertility and fertility preservation. This
review summarizes the milestones that paved the way to the current routinary clinical …

Microbial occurrence in liquid nitrogen storage tanks: a challenge for cryobanking?

F Bajerski, M Nagel, J Overmann - Applied Microbiology and …, 2021 - Springer
Modern biobanks maintain valuable living materials for medical diagnostics, reproduction
medicine, and conservation purposes. To guarantee high quality during long-term storage …

Slow Freezing Versus Vitrification of Mouse Ovaries: from Ex Vivo Analyses to Successful Pregnancies after Auto-Transplantation

C Terren, M Fransolet, M Ancion, M Nisolle… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Slow freezing (SF) is the reference method for ovarian tissue cryopreservation. Vitrification
(VT) constitutes an alternative but controversial method. This study compares SF and VT …

Human oocyte cryopreservation: revised evidence for practice

VN Bolton, C Hayden, M Robinson, D Abdo… - Human …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This article reviews the evidence regarding human oocyte cryopreservation by slow freezing
and vitrification and provides evidence-based clinical and laboratory guidelines on the …

Prolong cryopreservation duration negatively affects pregnancy outcomes of vitrified-warmed blastocyst transfers using an open-device system: A retrospective cohort …

Q Zheng, M Mo, H Zhang, S Xu, F Xu, S Wang… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective To investigate the impact of cryopreservation (CP) duration on pregnancy
outcomes of vitrified-warmed blastocysts transfers using an open-device liquid-nitrogen (LN …

The impact of embryo vitrification on placental histopathology features and perinatal outcome in singleton live births

A Volodarsky-Perel, TN Ton Nu, R Orvieto… - Human …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
STUDY QUESTION Does embryo vitrification affect placental histopathology pattern and
perinatal outcome in singleton live births? SUMMARY ANSWER Embryo vitrification has a …

The Effect of Open and Closed Oocyte Vitrification Systems on Embryo Development: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis

K Pantos, E Maziotis, A Trypidi, S Grigoriadis… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background/Objectives: Open and closed vitrification systems are commonly employed in
oocyte cryopreservation; however, there is limited evidence regarding a comparison of their …

Development of optimized vitrification procedures using closed carrier system to improve the survival and developmental competence of vitrified mouse oocytes

JK Park, JH Lee, EA Park, HJ Lim, SW Lyu, WS Lee… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
The open carrier system (OC) is used for vitrification due to its high efficiency in preserving
female fertility, but concerns remain that it bears possible risks of cross-contamination …