Posts Tagged ‘pregnancy’

Egg donation in Fertia

By: Ana del Mar Crespillo Clínica Fertia has developed an efficient egg donor program and has now more than 10 years of experience in providing the highest care to recipients and egg donors alike. Egg donation enables successful treatment to those couples in which the woman has lost her ability to produce healthy eggs; this [...]

Embryo culture in incubators with low oxygen concentration

By Ana del Mar Crespillo Under the physiological conditions (in vivo) of the human uterus the oxygen tension is between 2-8%; however, in the vast majority of assisted reproduction laboratories, human embryo culture in vitro is performed in incubators with an atmosphere of 6% CO2 and 20% O2. These conditions may compromise the viability of [...]