Notwithstanding the great improvement of ART, the overall rate of successful pregnancies
from implanted human embryos is definitely low. The current routine embryo quality …

The selection of a highly-viable single embryo in assisted reproductive technology requires
an acceptable predictive method in order to reduce the multiple pregnancy rate and …

The advent of metabolomics technology and its application to small samples has allowed us
to non-invasively monitor the metabolic activity of embryos in a complex culture …

Introduction The field of assisted reproductive technology (ART) has significantly advanced;
however, morphological evaluation remains as the chosen method of assessment of embryo …

NMR offers the potential to holistically screen hundreds of metabolites and has already
proved to be a powerful technique able to provide a global picture of metabolic changes in a …

Morphology and cleavage rate remain the mainstay of embryo assessment. However, a
number of additional technologies for this application are under investigation. These include …

Embryo quality evaluation during in vitro development is a crucial factor for the success of
assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs). However, the subjectivity inherent in the …

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether metabolomic profiling of spent embryo culture media
correlates with reproductive potential of human embryos. DESIGN: Retrospective study …

There has been growing interest in understanding energy metabolism in human embryos
generated using assisted reproductive techniques (ART) for improving the overall success …

As we move to reducing the number of embryos transferred in a given IVF cycle, ideally
down to one, there is an ever-increasing need for noninvasive quantitative markers of …