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The article was professionally consulted by Dr. Diem Thi Yen - Doctor of IVF Lab - Reproductive Support Center - Vinmec Times City International Hospital. The doctor has a lot of experience performing procedures in the IVF Lab.Embryo culture is an important step in the process of giving birth by artificial insemination. Good embryo culture technique is one of the decisive factors to improve the success rate of 1 cycle of IVF.
1. What is embryo culture?
Embryo culture is the process of nurturing a fertilized egg with sperm. Cultivation takes place in a laboratory with an artificial medium that is adapted to the stages of embryonic development. Since 1998, embryo culture to blastocyst stage was adopted following Garder's success in detecting appropriate modifications of embryo habitat. Successful research has helped prolong the embryo culture time from 2-3 days to 5-6 days, helping embryo cells to divide more from 2-8 cells to 60-200 cells. This helps improve the odds of the embryo surviving and developing after being transferred into the woman's uterus.2. Purpose and meaning of embryo culture
Embryo culture is a mandatory step in the assisted reproductive process by IVF. The embryo culture step will take place after the sperm injection step into the egg cytoplasm, the embryos will be placed in the culture cabinet instead of being transferred into the mother's uterus. The 3 basic purposes of laboratory culture are:Support for the embryo to continue to develop after fertilization. On the basis of continuous observation and evaluation of the embryo's division process over the days to detect abnormalities and remove those embryos early before transferring into the mother's uterus. Currently, with Time Lapse embryo culture technology being applied at Vinmec Times City Hospital's IVF Center, we can assess the embryo's development minute by minute instead of day by day as before. There is no need to intervene or affect the incubator, so that the embryos are still grown in the best conditions. For couples with genetic diseases that need screening, embryo culture plays an important role. With good embryo culture techniques, it is possible to create day 5 embryos (also known as Blastocyst embryos, or blastocysts). In addition, preimplantation genetic screening and diagnostics to screen healthy embryos provide the best results only when performed on day 5 embryos.
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3. The role of time lapse technique in embryo culture
Time lapse technique in embryo culture is the most modern non-invasive embryo monitoring technique available today. The culture cabinet is equipped with many compartments, with integrated microscope and automatic monitoring camera. Each embryo will be cultured separately, the camera will record the development stages and embryo image data will be transferred to a computer to help experts assess the quality of the embryo without having to remove the embryo, interrupting. culture process. In addition, parents also experience watching the first footage of their child's development recorded from the camera.
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In addition, time lapse technology also helps accurately measure the embryo's development phases, predicting the embryo's ability to develop through cell cycle parameters. Detecting abnormalities in chromosome division, the cause of miscarriage and birth defects in the fetus. During the whole culture process, experts do not open the cabinet door so that the embryos are affected.
Customers can come to the Center for Reproductive Support - Vinmec International General Hospital. This is the leading center in Vietnam, which has developed and applied a comprehensive medical examination and treatment process, combining both gynecology and obstetrics and gynecology to provide the optimal method for each patient's case.
Advantages when customers choose Vinmec fertility center:
Equipped with modern equipment, clean air system according to international standards to ensure lab quality, single cabinet system to optimize quality embryo, improving the success rate for each cycle of artificial insemination. Implement most advanced assisted reproductive techniques in the world: ICSI (injection of sperm into the oocyte cytoplasm); support embryo escape membrane; Reproductive reserve: embryo freezing, sperm freezing, oocyte freezing to help customers take the initiative in giving birth at will, transferring embryos on day 5, minimizing pregnancy; male infertility techniques (PESA, MESA, TEFNA, TESE) Besides advanced reproductive support methods, a team of excellent doctors in the country and the world, with prestige and long-term experience in the field of infertility .
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