Clinical Embryology. Good Practice, Clinical Biology, Assisted Reproductive Technologies, and Advanced Laboratory Skills 1st Edition

Περιεχόμενα

Foreword – Simon Fishel

List of contributors

1. Laboratory Design – Tyl Taylor and Alison Campbell. 2. IVF Cell Culture:  VOCs and Air Quality – Alicia Urrutia and Kathryn C. Worrilow. 3. Laboratory Equipment and Consumables – Louise Best and Walid E Maalouf. 4. Staffing in the IVF laboratory – Alison Campbell. 5. Evidence Based Practice in Reproductive Medicine – Alison Richardson and Kanna Jayaprakasan. 6. Quality Control and Management – Amy Barrie. 7. Analysis, Reporting and Presentation of Findings – Amy Barrie. 8. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) – Debra Bloor. 9. Anatomy and physiology of mammalian reproductive system – Ishita Mishra. 10. Epigenetics and ARTs – Walid Maalouf. 11. Folliculogenesis and Oogenesis – Juan Hernandez-Medrano and Marianna Belmpa. 12. Spermatogenesis, spermiation and the human sperm – Vipul Batra, Nader Eid, Hannah L. Morgan, and Adam J. Watkins. 13. Fertilisation and pre-implantation embryo development – Andrew Thomson, Lyndon Miles, and Kimberly Higgins. 14. The Endometrium, Implantation and Placental Development – Tom Bamford and Claudia Passaro. 15. Fetal development and sex differentiation – Juan Hernandez-Medrano. 16. Recurrent Implantation Failure and Miscarriage – Yealin Chung. 17. Infertility: Definition, referral, and Initial Consultation – Charlotte Palmer. 18. Ovarian stimulation protocols – Pedro Melo. 19. Oocyte Retrieval and Evaluation – Bryony Swift. 20. Selection, Semen Analysis, and Preparation – Sue Montgomery. 21. Fertilisation Methods – Sue Montgomery and Ruth Arnesen. 22. Embryo culture methods and metabolic requirements – Rachel Smith. 23. Ethics and the law in embryology – Gillian Lockwood. 24. The patient experience through an IVF treatment cycle – Charmian Short. 25. Non-Invasive Markers of Gamete and Embryo Quality – Catherine Pretty. 26. Embryo Transfer procedures and decisions – Kathryn Berrisford. 27. Data and Patient Management in the IVF Laboratory – Rebecca Oakley and Louise Best. 28. Genomics and Genetic Counselling: considerations and challenges with IVF patients – Karen Sage and Valerie Shaikly. 29. Third Party Reproduction – Selina Wilkinson and Louise Kellam. 30. Add-ons: critical evaluation of supplementary treatments – Charlotte Palmer. 31. Cryobiology and cryopreservation of oocytes and embryos – Louise Best. 32. In Vitro Maturation (IVM) And Artificial Oocyte Activation (AOA) – Walid E Maalouf and Juan Hernandez Medrano. 33. ICSI: micromanipulation setup, consumables, and operational procedure – Louise Best. 34. Embryo Biopsy and Preimplantation Genetic Testing (PGT) – Lucy Jenner and Colleen Lynch. 35. Computer Assisted Sperm Analysis (CASA) – Walid E Maalouf and Mathew Tomlinson. 36. Time-Lapse Embryo Culture Systems and Morphokinetics in Clinical Embryology: A brief overview on the evolution of embryo scoring system – Rachel Smith and Walid E Maalouf. 37. Abnormal cleavage, self-correction of aneuploidy and decision-making regarding embryo fate – Natalie Davis and Alison Campbell. 38. Artificial intelligence application in the ART laboratory – Walid E Maalouf and Rachel Smith.

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