Future Aspects in Human In Vitro Fertilization -

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Sommaire:
Opening Address.- The Evolution of In Vitro Fertilization Technology.- Continuing Pregnancy Rates by Number of Concepti Transferred.- Transfer Results After One-Step Freezing and Thawing of Bovine Embryos.- The Viability of Bovine Half Embryos Produced Before or After Liquid Nitrogen Freezing.- The Mouse Egg as a Model in In Vitro Fertilization and Cryobiology.- Cryopreservation of Mouse Eggs in an In Vitro Fertilization/Embryo Transfer Program.- Successful In Vitro Fertilization of Frozen-Thawed Rabbit and Human Oocytes.- Human Oocyte and Embryo Freezing.- Human Ovarian Follicular Antigens.- Culture of Human Trophoblastic Tissue: A Potential Tool for Improvement of Early Embryo Culture and Transfer.- Pregnancies Following Fixed Schedule Ovulation Induction and Embryo Cryopreservation During Diagnostic Infertility Laparoscopy.- Human Embryo Freezing in an In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer Program.- The Freezing of Early Human Embryos and Blastocysts.- Freezing Human Oocytes Using Rapid Techniques.- Fertilization by Microinjection of Human Sperm in Hamster and Human Oocytes.- Artificial Insemination Using a Micromanipulator.- Nonsurgical Ovum Transfer: The Harbor-UCLA Experience.- Oocyte and Embryo Donation in Women with Absent Ovarian Function.- Pregnancies after Replacement of Fresh and Frozen-Thawed Embryos in a Donation Program.- Pregnancies in the Absence of Ovaries - Parameters Affecting Outcome.- The Willingness of Infertile Women to Donate Eggs.- Religious Aspects of Gamete Donation in In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer Programs.- Experimental Genetics of the Mammalian Embryo.- The Transformation of New Genetic Material into Pluripotential Embryonic Cells Grown In Vitro and Their Incorporation into Chimaeric Animals.- Expression of Foreign Genes in Transgenic Mice.- Blastocyst-Derived Embryonic Stem Cells as a Model for Embryogenesis.- Experimental Approaches to the Preimplantation Ova with Emphasis on Cytoplasmic Factors, Cell Cycle and Intercellular Connections.- Electric-Field-Induced Fusion of Blastomeres.- Microsurgical Experiments on Embryos in Farm Animals - Basic and Applied Aspects.- Experimental Polyembryony in Mammals.- Towards Cloning of Domestic Animals.- Stages in Early Human Development.- Potential of Research von Human Embryos.- Gene Activation in the Human Embryo Developing In Vitro.- Genetic Analysis of Human Embryos Prior to Implantation: Future Applications of In Vitro Fertilization in the Treatment and Prevention of Human Genetic Diseases.- Morphologic and Cytologic Study of Human Embryos Obtained by In Vitro Fertilization.