Reduction in exposure of human embryos outside the incubator enhances embryo quality and blastulation rate

Zhang, Jun Qiang; Li, Xiu Ling; Peng, Yuzhu; Guo, Xirong; Heng, Boon Chin; Tong, Guo Qing

doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2009.12.027

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Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 510-515, April 2010

Reduction in exposure of human embryos outside the incubator enhances embryo quality and blastulation rate

Jun Qiang Zhang
- Department of Reproduction, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210004, PR China
Xiu Ling Li
- Department of Reproduction, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210004, PR China
Yuzhu Peng
- Department of Reproduction, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210004, PR China
Xirong Guo
- Department of Paediatrics, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210004, PR China
Boon Chin Heng
- Ivymed International, #03–02a, Serangoon Plaza, 320 Serangoon Road, 218108 Singapore, Singapore
Guo Qing Tong
- Department of Reproduction, Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210004, PR China
- Corresponding author.

Received 3 August 2009; received in revised form 2 September 2009; accepted 1 December 2009. published online 03 February 2010.

Declaration: The authors report no financial or commercial conflicts of interest.

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Dr Guo Qing Tong, Professor of Reproductive Medicine, is the Director of the Assisted Reproductive Center of Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Hospital (Nanjing Medical University), Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China. He obtained his Master’s degree in Clinical Embryology in 2000 and his PhD degree in 2004, from the National University of Singapore. He is a fertility specialist actively involved in both clinical services and scientific research. His research interests are focused on human blastocyst culture, embryo cryopreservation (vitrification) and genetic mechanisms underlying the developmental arrest of in-vitro cultured human embryos.