Is day 7 culture necessary for in vitro fertilization of cryopreserved/warmed human oocytes?

Abstract Background Human embryos are usually cultured to blastocyst stage by Day 5 or 6 after insemination. However, some embryos grow slowly and reach blastocyst stage at Day 7. Acceptable live birth rates have been reported after transfer of Day 7 blastocysts resulted from fresh oocyte in vitro f...

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Main Authors: Xiangli Niu, Cassie T. Wang, Richard Li, Ghassan Haddad, Weihua Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-01-01
Series:Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12958-020-0565-9