Publications
ALPHA Conference 2021
13th ALPHA 2021 Biennial Conference ALPHA Conference will take place from the 16th to the 19th of September 2021 in Sevilla, Spain. More info here
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ESHRE 2021
ESHRE virtual 37th Annual Meeting ESHRE virtual 37th Annual Meeting will take place online, from the 26th of June to the 1st of July 2021. Congress info and registration here
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A recent study by Kato Ladies Clinic, with outstanding blastocyst survival rates of 99.5%, was conducted using a wide range of Kitazato products
Dr. Coticchio and Dr. Kato have recently published in Human Reproduction results from a study conducted in Kato Ladies Clinic, the largest IVF clinic in the world. They have analysed if perturbations of embryo morphogenesis at compaction affect blastocyst development and clinical outcomes in assisted reproduction cycles. The study has involved the assessment of laboratory […]
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Create Fertility UK study shows that thaw, biopsy and refreeze with the Cryotop® Method is effective
Patients wishing to have PGT-A on previously cryopreserved embryos are currently limited from accessing this technique due to the requirement for refreezing of the embryos. Embryo cryopreservation techniques have, however, significantly improved in the recent years due the introduction of the vitrification method. Researchers from Create Fertility in UK have compared results obtained after traditional […]
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Number of embryos or oocytes per Cryotop® does not influence cooling rates during vitrification
During Fertility 2021, an interesting poster was presented by researchers from Cardiff University and London Women’s Clinic. The number of oocytes or embryos to be loaded onto the Cryotop® and the spatial arrangement on the strip is often a matter or concern and debate among embryologists as these two issues may influence the cooling rate […]
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Basak Balaban Oocyte Cryopreservation Talk at TSFP Online Symposium
Lab Director Basak Balaban from the American Hospital of Istanbul participated in the International Online Symposium on Fertility Preservation organized by the Turkish Society for Fertility Preservation. She highlighted in her talk “Oocyte Cryopreservation – Tips & Tricks to maximize the outcome” that higher rate of complete oocyte re-hydration and less severe ultrastructural alterations […]
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Efficiency and efficacy of vitrification in 35.654 sibling oocytes from donation cycles
Scientists from Eugin Spain have published the largest cohort study comparing reproductive outcomes of vitrified and fresh sibling donor oocytes to date. They have found that, when looking at the same number of oocytes available after warming as the number of fresh oocytes, reproductive results including live birth are comparable. This is a retrospective cohort […]
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Dr. Fernando Bronet Talk at the RAHR Conference 2020
The Russian Association of Human Reproduction’s 30th International Conference took place online this year, from the 8th to the 12th of September. One of the most remarkable talks was given by Dr. Fernando Bronet, Head of the IVF and PGD Laboratories at IVI Madrid (Spain): “Successful cryopreservation program: realization and implementation” According […]
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Cryopreservation of oocytes and embryos in times of COVID-19
Due to the health crisis we have been facing the recent months, we are aware of the changes this has supposed in the way in which fertility treatments have being carried out and also in the way of working in ART Clinics in general. Cryopreservation has been a matter of concern […]
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Safety of egg donation cycles with imported vitrified oocytes
A recent study published by L. Rienzi et al. in Human Reproduction Journal, shows that a relative number of imported donated vitrified oocytes are effective, efficient and safe; and ensure a reasonably good outcome in terms of balancing treatment costs with a thoughtful cycle management plan. Over time, the use of donated oocytes has become […]
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Oocyte vitrification does not increase aneuploidy rate in the resulted embryos
During UEARS 2020 in Cairo, an interesting Poster was presented “Effect of oocyte vitrification on embryos euploidy in patients who have embryos resulted from fresh and from frozen oocytes in two separate cycles.” Since oocyte vitrification has become a technique routinely perfomed in most of the IVF Clinics for fertility preservation and also for banking […]
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Blastocysts re-expansion association with implantation and clinical outcome
CARE Fertility Group presented the following Poster “Can blastocyst percentage of re-expansion after warming be used to predict implantation potential and live birth outcome?” at the Fertility Conference in Edinburgh from January 9th to 11th 2020. Thanks to the successful embryo development in in vitro culture, the number of blastocysts vitrified worldwide has increased greatly. […]
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Oocyte vitrification for fertility preservation in women with endometriosis: an observational study
The lower number of oocytes collected in surgically treated endometriosis patients impairs their reproductive prognosis, despite their young age. The most relevant finding of a recent study by Cobo et al. is that for young patients with endometriosis (≤35 years of age) who wish to preserve fertility, it would not be advisable to […]
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Embryo quality affects babies’ birthweight in FET cycles
Recent findings provide new insight into the relationship between embryo quality and neonatal outcomes by showing that poor-quality blastocyst transfer in associated with a decrease in singleton birthweight. A study published by Zhang et al. in Human Reproduction Journal, involved singleton live births born to 1.207 women undergoing frozen-thawed single blastocyst transfers and has shown […]
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Of Vitrification and PGS
A decade ago, Vitrification came to revolutionize the IVF; now it is time for the genetic techniques.
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Discover the new Publications section in our website
We are happy to introduce a new whole section part of our website: the Publications section.
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