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2 cell
2 cell stage
20 December 2004

4-cell stage
4 cell embryo
20 December 2004

8 cell embryo
Day three 8 cell embryo
20 December 2004

8 cell embryo
Day three 8 cell embryo
20 December 2004

Freeze concentrated glycerol
Electron microscopy of a cryostraw
17 September 2004

Frozen sperm cells
Electron microscopy of frozen sperm
17 September 2004

Thawed blastocysts
Human blastocysts immediately after thawing (upper panel) and at the time of transfer (lower panel). Two of three embryos re-expanded within four hours and the transfer resulted in a twin pregnancy.
17 September 2004

Cryopreservation of Blastocyst
Pre-Freezing Morphological Changes in Blastocyst in Cryopreservation Solutions.
17 September 2004

Hatched blastocyst
Human hatched blastocyst that developed in culture after vitrification with VS14 at the day 2 cleavage stage.(Ali et al., J. Reprod. Fertil. 99:65,1993; Ali, Med. Sci. Res. 24:377, 1996)
17 September 2004

A mature oocyte
A mature oocyte with the polar body clearly seen at about 12 o'clock.
17 September 2004

Stripped Oocyte
A mature human oocyte with the cumulus and coronal cells removed ready for ICSI. The polar body can be clearly seen at the 11 o'clock position.
17 September 2004

Oocyte
Oocyte in cumulus complex
17 September 2004

Mature CCO complex
Oocyte in cumulus complex. Photo taked with an Olympus IX70 Inverted microscope.
17 September 2004

Oocyte
Oocyte with radiating coronal cells
08 November 2007

CCCO
Complejo Corona C?mulus Ovocito
17 September 2004

binovulary oocytes
Binovulary oocytes at two different maturation stages. oocyte on the left is at GV stage whereas oocyte on the right is at metaphase I.
17 September 2004