Future Aspects in Human In Vitro Fertilization

Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Opening Address....Pages 1-7
The Evolution of In Vitro Fertilization Technology....Pages 8-12
Continuing Pregnancy Rates by Number of Concepti Transferred....Pages 13-19
Transfer Results After One-Step Freezing and Thawing of Bovine Embryos....Pages 20-25
The Viability of Bovine “Half” Embryos Produced Before or After Liquid Nitrogen Freezing....Pages 26-35
The Mouse Egg as a Model in In Vitro Fertilization and Cryobiology....Pages 36-46
Cryopreservation of Mouse Eggs in an In Vitro Fertilization/Embryo Transfer Program....Pages 47-49
Successful In Vitro Fertilization of Frozen-Thawed Rabbit and Human Oocytes....Pages 50-57
Human Oocyte and Embryo Freezing....Pages 58-63
Human Ovarian Follicular Antigens....Pages 64-76
Culture of Human Trophoblastic Tissue: A Potential Tool for Improvement of Early Embryo Culture and Transfer....Pages 77-81
Pregnancies Following Fixed Schedule Ovulation Induction and Embryo Cryopreservation During Diagnostic Infertility Laparoscopy....Pages 82-90
Human Embryo Freezing in an In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer Program....Pages 91-96
The Freezing of Early Human Embryos and Blastocysts....Pages 97-100
Freezing Human Oocytes Using Rapid Techniques....Pages 101-110
Fertilization by Microinjection of Human Sperm in Hamster and Human Oocytes....Pages 111-118
Artifical Insemination Using a Micromanipulator....Pages 119-121
Nonsurgical Ovum Transfer: The Harbor-UCLA Experience....Pages 122-124
Oocyte and Embryo Donation in Women with Absent Ovarian Function....Pages 125-132
Pregnancies After Replacement of Fresh and Frozen-Thawed Embryos in a Donation Program....Pages 133-137
Pregnancies in the Absence of Ovaries — Parameters Affecting Outcome....Pages 138-144
The Willingness of Infertile Women to Donate Eggs....Pages 145-153
Religious Aspects of Gamete Donation in In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer Programs....Pages 154-159
Experimental Genetics of the Mammalian Embryo....Pages 160-171
The Transformation of New Genetic Material into Pluripotential Embryonic Cells Grown In Vitro and Their Incorporation into Chimaeric Animals....Pages 172-179
Expression of Foreign Genes in Transgenic Mice....Pages 180-186
Blastocyst-Derived Embryonic Stem Cells as a Model for Embryogenesis....Pages 187-195
Experimental Approaches to the Preimplantation Ova with Emphasis on Cytoplasmic Factors, Cell Cycle and Intercellular Connections....Pages 196-212
Electric-Field-Induced Fusion of Blastomeres....Pages 213-216
Microsurgical Experiments on Embryos in Farm Animals — Basic and Applied Aspects....Pages 217-224
Experimental Polyembryony in Mammals....Pages 225-231
Towards Cloning of Domestic Animals....Pages 231-237
Stages in Early Human Development....Pages 238-244
Potential of Research on Human Embryos....Pages 245-250
Gene Activation in the Human Embryo Developing In Vitro....Pages 251-261
Genetic Analysis of Human Embryos Prior to Implantation: Future Applications of In Vitro Fertilization in the Treatment and Prevention of Human Genetic Diseases....Pages 262-266
Morphologic and Cytologic Study of Human Embryos Obtained by In Vitro Fertilization....Pages 267-275
Back Matter....Pages 277-285