Beschreibung:
Fully updated new edition providing an indispensable account of modern IVF practice. Now includes recent advances in practical techniques, from in-vitro maturation and vitrification to stem cell technology. Illustrations and up-to-date reading lists make this a must-have textbook for trainee and practising embryologists working in IVF Units.
Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Review of cell and molecular biology; 2. Endocrine control of reproduction: controlled ovarian hyperstimulation for ART; 3. Gametes and gametogenesis; 4. Sperm-oocyte interaction; 5. First stages of development; 6. Implantation and early stages of fetal development; 7. Stem cell biology; 8. The clinical in-vitro fertilization laboratory; 9. Quality management in the IVF laboratory; 10. Sperm and ART; 11. Oocyte retrieval and embryo culture; 12. Cryopreservation of gametes and embryos; 13. Micromanipulation techniques; 14. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis; 15. Epigenetics and assisted reproduction with John Huntriss; Index.