Introduction: For over a decade, the culture of preimplantation mammalian embryos has been approached by one of two culture protocols separated by opposing philosophies. The sequential, two-step protocol is thought to mimic the physiological interaction between specific developmental stages of the embryo and its vicinity within the oviduct and uterus. This protocol is based on the ‘back to natu...

the effect of in planta tiba and proline on in vitro seedlings and cell culture of sugar beet was investigated. sterilized seeds were grown in vitro on ½ strength ms medium supplemented with 0 or 3 mg/l tiba. calli obtained on young leaves cultured on ms medium containing 1 mg/l bap, were used for the intiation of cell suspension cultures using ms basal composition supplemented with 0 or 50 m m...

Background: To study the ethical aspects of comprehensive preimplantation genetic screening (PGS) through microarrays and whole genome sequencing Materials and Methods: In order to pinpoint ethical issues regarding comprehensive embryo screening we have first investigated the technical and moral issues by organizing a campus meeting with experts and by a literature study. Subsequently we have i...

INTRODUCTION I N earlier work it was found that the addition of excess of vitamin A (10 i.u./ml.) to the culture medium produces drastic changes in embryonic limb-bones and skin in organ culture. The matrix of cartilage (mouse, chick) and bone (mouse) rapidly disappears (Fell & Mellanby, 1952; Fell, Mellanby, & Pelc, 1956) and in the epidermis of skin from 7 to 18-day chick embryos (Fell & Mell...

Vibrio sp. V26 isolated from mangrove sediment showed 98 % similarity to 16S rRNA gene of Vibrio cholerae, V. mimicus, V. albensis and uncultured clones of Vibrio. Phenotypically also it resembled both V. cholerae and V. mimicus. Serogrouping, virulence associated gene profiling, hydrophobicity, and adherence pattern clearly pointed towards the non-toxigenic nature of Vibrio sp. V26. Purificati...

Serum and peripheral blood lymphocytes from 10 patients with Crohn's disease and 10 healthy subjects were examined for immunological reactivity against chick embryo cell cultures displaying cytopathic effects after inoculation with 0.2 micro filtrates prepared from Crohn's disease intestinal tissues. Although the assay systems (indirect immunofluorescence, lymphocyte transformation, and cytotox...

The chick embryo cardiomyocyte model of cell culture is a staple technique in many physiology and pharmacology laboratories. Despite the relative simplicity, robustness, and reproducibility inherent in this model, it can be used in a variety of ways to yield important new insights that help facilitate student understanding of underlying physiological and pharmacological concepts as well as, mor...

The application of tissue culture techniques, particularly in the area of embryo rescue, has had a major impact on the maintenance and development of hybrid embryo from wide crosses. Embryo rescue techniques are directed towards obtaining more efficient survival of embryos in situations where very immature embryos are to be cultured. An in vitro embryo rescue culture technique has been develope...

Although progress was made in in vitro fertilization (IVF) techniques, the majority of embryos transferred fail to implant. Morphology embryo scoring is the standard procedure for most of IVF centres for choosing the best embryo, but remains limited since even the embryos classified as "top quality" may not implant. As it has been shown that i) CD146 is involved in embryo implantation and ii) m...