Human embryonic stem cell derivation from poor-quality embryos

Paul H. Lerou; Akiko Yabuuchi; Hongguang Huo; Ayumu Takeuchi; Jessica Shea; Tina Cimini; Tan A. Ince; Elizabeth Ginsburg; Catherine Racowsky; George Q. Daley

doi:10.1038/nbt1378

Human embryonic stem cell derivation from poor-quality embryos

Paul H. Lerou, Akiko Yabuuchi, Hongguang Huo, Ayumu Takeuchi, Jessica Shea, Tina Cimini, Tan A. Ince, Elizabeth Ginsburg, Catherine Racowsky, George Q. Daley

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Abstract

During in vitro fertilization, embryos deemed clinically useless based on poor morphology are typically discarded. Here we demonstrate a statistical correlation between the developmental stage of such poor-quality embryos and the yield of human embryonic stem (hES) cell lines. Early-arrested or highly fragmented embryos only rarely yield cell lines, whereas those that have achieved blastocyst stage are a robust source of normal hES cells.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	212-214
Number of pages	3
Journal	Nature Biotechnology
Volume	26
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1378
State	Published - Feb 2008
Externally published	Yes

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