According to the World Health Organization, infertility affects up to 14% of couples under
reproductive age, leading to an exponential rise in the use of assisted reproduction as a …

Sexual dimorphism of bovine blastocysts has previously been observed through differences
in development, cell death, metabolism, telomere length, DNA methylation, and …

Lipid accumulation occurs in cultured embryos and is associated with reduced
cryotolerance. Here we report the use of a multiple pathway lipid modulator cocktail (l …

Vitrification is a superior method for cryopreservation of IVF embryos, but due to complicated
warming protocols, it is not commonly used for commercial bovine embryos routine. To …

Male and female embryos are known to differ for their metabolism and response to
environmental factors very early in development. The present study aimed to evaluate the …

Sexually dimorphic differences in genome activity, which is orchestrated by transcription
factors (TFs), could explain the differential response of male and female embryos to …

Background Colony-stimulating factor 2 (CSF2) is an important maternal regulator of
embryonic development. Earlier research indicates that CSF2 can regulate genes involved …

Most early developmental data are lost in bovine embryo culture systems. We developed
and validated a method for culture of bovine embryos in groups that allow individual …

Given the significant variation in lipid levels among bovine embryos, our study was designed
to associate lipid content to oxidative stress in individual embryos undergoing vitrification …

Oocyte cytoplasmic evaluation is based on homogeneity and granular appearance. Our
study investigated if a granular cytoplasm, highly heterogeneous, would affect oocyte …