Vitrification of ovarian tissue
(2012) 28th Scientific Meeting of the Belgian Society for Reproductive Medicine — Location: Spa - Belgium (30.November.2012)
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- Because of the practical aspects of vitrification and its advantages for cryopreservation complex tissues, many authors have been studying it as an alternative way of cryopreserving ovarian tissue. In the last decade, many studies have been published on vitrification of ovarian tissue from both humans and animals. Different vitrification solutions and protocols, mostly adapted from embryo and oocyte vitrification, have been applied. The results have been discrepant from species to species and even within the same species, but lately they seem to indicate that vitrification can achieve similar or even superior results to conventional freezing. Despite the encouraging results obtained with vitrification of ovarian tissue from humans and different animal species, it is necessary to understand how vitrification solutions and protocols can affect ovarian tissue, notably preantral follicles. In addition, it is important to bear in mind that utilization of different approaches to assess tissue functionality and oocyte quality are essential in order to validate the promising results already obtained with vitrification procedures.
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Andrade Amorim, C. (2012). Vitrification of ovarian tissue. 28th Scientific Meeting of the Belgian Society for Reproductive Medicine, Spa - Belgium. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/204007