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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2013
Applicant:
Vitrolife Sweden Ab, Kungsbacka, SE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Vitrolife Sweden AB, Göteborg, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/02 (2006.01); C12N 5/073 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/0604 (2013.01); C12N 2500/44 (2013.01);
Abstract
A composition and method for in vitro fertilization is provided which uses culture media comprising elevated concentrations of lipoic acid. More specifically, the invention provides culture media for developmental cells having a lipoic acid concentration of 5 μM to 40 μM. Culture media that include lipoic acid at concentrations within the identified range are able to provide blastocysts with increased survival, increased cell numbers, increased inner cell masses and/or increased percentage of the total mass made up by the inner cell compared to blastocysts cultured in a control medium.