Two clinical case reports of embryonic mosaicism identified with PGT-A persisting during pregnancy as true fetal mosaicism

E Greco, P Yakovlev, N Kornilov, S Vyatkina… - Human …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The health risks associated with transferring embryos classified as mosaic by
preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidies (PGT-A) are currently unknown. Such …

The human embryonic genome is karyotypically complex, with chromosomally abnormal cells preferentially located away from the developing fetus

DK Griffin, PR Brezina, K Tobler, Y Zhao… - Human …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
STUDY QUESTION Are chromosome abnormalities detected at Day 3 post-fertilization
predominantly retained in structures of the blastocyst other than the inner cell mass (ICM) …

CRISPR-Cas9 system: a genome-editing tool with endless possibilities

S Tyagi, R Kumar, A Das, SY Won, P Shukla - Journal of Biotechnology, 2020 - Elsevier
The discovery of CRISPR: Cas9 and its application as a powerful gene-editing tool has
transformed the world of basic and applied science, especially the molecular biology dome …

Viral Vectors, Exosomes, and Vexosomes: Potential armamentarium for delivering CRISPR/Cas to cancer cells

M Farzanehpour, A Miri, AG Alvanegh… - Biochemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
The underlying cause of cancer is genetic disruption, so gene editing technologies,
particularly CRISPR/Cas systems can be used to go against cancer. The field of gene …

Incidence of mosaicism in 1055 de novo NF2 cases: much higher than previous estimates with high utility of next-generation sequencing

DG Evans, CL Hartley, PT Smith, AT King… - Genetics in …, 2020 - nature.com
Purpose To evaluate the incidence of mosaicism in de novo neurofibromatosis 2 (NF2).
Methods Patients fulfilling NF2 criteria, but with no known affected family member from a …

Dual spindles assemble in bovine zygotes despite the presence of paternal centrosomes

I Schneider, M de Ruijter-Villani, MJ Hossain… - Journal of Cell …, 2021 - rupress.org
The first mitosis of the mammalian embryo must partition the parental genomes contained in
two pronuclei. In rodent zygotes, sperm centrosomes are degraded, and instead, acentriolar …

[HTML][HTML] Mosaicism between trophectoderm and inner cell mass

A Capalbo, L Rienzi - Fertility and sterility, 2017 - Elsevier
Defining the actual incidence and prevalence of mosaicism in human blastocysts still
remains a difficult task. The small amount of evidence generated by animal and human …

Chromosomal analysis in IVF: just how useful is it?

DK Griffin, C Ogur - Reproduction, 2018 - rep.bioscientifica.com
Designed to minimize chances of transferring genetically abnormal embryos,
preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) involves in vitro fertilization (IVF), embryo biopsy …

[HTML][HTML] Preimplantation genetic testing: polar bodies, blastomeres, trophectoderm cells, or blastocoelic fluid?

MC Magli, A Pomante, G Cafueri, M Valerio, A Crippa… - Fertility and sterility, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective To investigate the blastocoelic fluid (BF) for the presence of DNA that could be
amplified and analyzed; the extent to which its chromosomal status corresponds to that …

Rates of live birth after mosaic embryo transfer compared with euploid embryo transfer

L Zhang, D Wei, Y Zhu, Y Gao, J Yan… - Journal of assisted …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose Mosaicism is a prevalent characteristic of human preimplantation embryos. This
retrospective cohort study aimed to investigate pregnancy outcomes after transfer of mosaic …