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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2011
Samir Hamamah, Montpellier, FR;
Said Assou, Montpellier, FR;
Samir Hamamah, Montpellier, FR;
Said Assou, Montpellier, FR;
Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM), Paris, FR;
Universite Montpellier 1, Montpellier Cedex, FR;
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier, Montpellier Cedex, FR;
Abstract
The present invention relates generally to the fields of reproductive medicine. More specifically, the present invention relates to a novel human embryo co-culture system to improve human embryo growth in vitro and, consequently, increase pregnancy rates in infertile women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method of growing an embryo to a blastocyst stage of development comprising the step of coculturing said embryo in the presence of a population of cumulus cells.