Bookedited by Gary D. Smith, Jason E. Swain, Thomas B. Pool.
Contents:
Historical background of gamete and embryo culture / Jacques Cohen and Don Rieger
Utility of animal models for human embryo culture development : rodents / Gary D. Smith
Utility of animal models for human embryo culture development : domestic species / Rebecca L. Krisher
Utility of animal models for human embryo culture : nonhuman primates / Calvin Simerly and Gerald Schatten
Media composition : salts and osmolality / Jay M. Baltz
Media composition : energy sources and metabolism / Deirdre Zander-Fox and Michelle Lane
Media composition : amino acids and cellular homeostasis / Franchesca D. Houghton
Media composition : macromolecules and embryo growth / Marius Meintjes
Media composition : antioxidants/chelators and cellular function / Catherine M.H. Combelles and Margo L. Hennet
Media composition : pH and buffers / Jason E. Swain
Media composition : growth factors / Aparna Hegde and Barry Behr
Culture systems : single step / Ronit Machtinger and Catherine Racowsky
Culture systems : sequential / Patrick Quinn
Culture systems : embryo co-culture / Yves J.R Menezo [and others]
Culture systems : low-oxygen culture / Borut Kovacice
Culture systems : embryo density / Michael L. Reed
Culture systems : air quality / Theodore Thomas
Culture systems : mineral oil overlay / Dean E. Morbeck and Phoebe H. Leonard
Culture systems : physiological and environmental factors that can affect the outcome of human ART / Don Rieger
Culture systems : fluid dynamic embryo culture systems (microfluidics) / Andre Monteiro da Rocha and Gary D. Smith
Human embryo culture media comparisons / Thomas B. Pool, John Schoolfield, and David Han
Culture systems : embryo culture and monozygotic twinning / Amy E. Sparks
Embryo culture and epigenetics / Brenna A. Market Velker, Michelle M. Denomme, and Mellissa R.W. Mann.