Obstetricians and gynecologists at Toho University, Japan examined 1,331 cases of frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycles and found that blastocysts showing shrinkage at the time of transfer had a low ...

An international collaboration of researchers from the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan and Gladstone Institutes in the U.S. have generated 3-D blastocyst-like structures ...

Embryonic stem cells have the unique ability to form all adult cell types. Harnessing this potential may provide a source of cells to replace those that are lost or impaired as a result of disease.

Scientists have evaluated the adverse effects of blastocyst shrinkage on the reproductive outcomes of frozen-thawed embryo transfer. The effect was evident in embryos with morphologically ...