Brief Communications abstract
Nature Biotechnology 26, 212 - 214 (2008)
Published online: 27 January 2008 | doi:10.1038/nbt1378
Human embryonic stem cell derivation from poor-quality embryos
Paul H Lerou1,8, Akiko Yabuuchi2,8, Hongguang Huo2,8, Ayumu Takeuchi2,8, Jessica Shea3, Tina Cimini4, Tan A Ince5, Elizabeth Ginsburg4, Catherine Racowsky4 & George Q Daley7
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.
- Division of Newborn Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital and Children's Hospital Boston, Karp Family Research Building 7214, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
- Division of Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Children's Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
- Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
- Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
- Division of Women's and Perinatal Pathology, Department of Pathology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
- Division of Hematology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Karp Family Research Building 7214, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Karp Family Research Building 7214, 300 Longwood Avenue, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
- Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Karp Family Research Building 7214, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Correspondence to: George Q Daley7 e-mail: george.daley@childrens.harvard.edu
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