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Prospects for Oocyte Banking and In Vitro Maturation
1 Mar 2005
Abstract excerpt
There is little debate about the desirability of human oocyte ("egg") banking but plenty of discussion about its prospects. Egg banking is needed by young cancer patients before they undergo potentially sterilizing treatment and is a desirable alternative to in vitro fertilization and embryo cryopreservation. However, egg banking is inefficient-oocytes are sensitive to chilling, often fail to survive...
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