IVF patients
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Individuals whose patient background (age, treatment history, egg retrieval conditions, etc.) can be verified through medical records 2. For abnormal embryos, individuals for whom written consent for research use was obtained prior to egg retrieval 3. For normal embryos, individuals for whom the embryos became unnecessary after treatment concluded, and for whom written consent for research use was obtained after the decision to discard them was made 4. Individuals for whom written consent to participate in the study was obtained
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Individuals whom the principal investigator or a co-investigator deems unsuitable for inclusion in the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Apoptosis in blastocysts (percentage of TUNEL-positive cells) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Embryonic development 2. Exploratory analysis using RNA-seq (discarded frozen embryos from normal fertilization only) 3. Metabolic stress markers (discarded frozen embryos from normal fertilization only) | — |
Contacts
Mie university Hospital