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IVF Podcast: DR. ZSOLT PETER NAGY - OOCYTE VITRIFICATION This Presentation, organized by Merck Serono, was given by Dr. Zsolt Peter Nagy, of Reproductive Biology Associates, Atlanta and contains information and results on studies involving oocyte vitrification. [ Visit Website ] IVF Podcasts - 0 Comments.

News: 60 year-old woman gives birth to twins in Canada after fertility treatment abroad A 60 year-old woman has sparked controversy in Canada by travelling to India to receive fertility treatment after years of failed attempts to conceive naturally. Ranjit Hayer, originally from India, has become the oldest woman in Canada to give birth after receiving IVF at Dr Anoop Gupta's Delhi fertility clinic; her twin boys were delivered seven weeks prematurely by Caesarean section at the Foothills hospital in Calgary last week. Sarah Guy - 0 Comments.

News: Birth of octuplets to mother of six prompts investigation of US fertility doctor The decision to implant six embryos into Nadya Suleman leading to the birth of octuplets has attracted international opprobrium. The 33-year-old unemployed single mother already had six children conceived after IVF with the same fertility doctor; all aged below eight, including two-year-old twins and an autistic son. MacKenna Roberts - 0 Comments.

Article: Social egg freezing: trouble ahead? With the gradual and continual improvement of cryopreservation techniques comes an increased demand for these services. By Jim Catt, Director of Embryology, Monash IVF, Victoria, Australia - 0 Comments.

News: Women warned not to freeze their eggs for social reasons The UK's Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the British Fertility Society have released a joint statement expressing serious concerns about women who freeze their eggs for non-medical reasons such as pursuit of their career. William Fletcher - 0 Comments.

News: IVF drugs do not increase risk of ovarian cancer Researchers at the Danish Cancer Society have ascertained that taking fertility drugs does not increase a woman's chance of developing ovarian cancer. The results of the study are published in the British Medical Journal. Katy Sinclair - 0 Comments.

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#	Position	Closing Date
1	Clinical Embryologist and Clinical Tutor Oxford Fertility Unit Oxford, United Kingdom	14th March 2009
2	Clinical Embryologist Oxford Ferility Unit Oxford, United Kingdom	11th March 2009
3	Fertility Nurse Specialist (12 month contract in first instance) Midland Fertility Services Court Parade, Aldridge, United Kingdom	6 March 2009
4	Embryologist The Chaucer Hospital c/o The Somerfield Hospital Maidstone, United Kingdom	27/02/2009
5	Andrologist Wessex Fertility Southampton, United Kingdom	26th February 2009
6	PRE-REGISTRATION CLINICAL EMBRYOLOGIST GATESHEAD FERTILITY UNIT Gateshead, United Kingdom	27th February 2009
7	Specialist Nurse – Assisted Conception Unit King's NHS Foundation Trust London, UK	24th February 2009.
8	Fertility Nurse Isis Fertility Centre Colchester, United Kingdom	31.3.09
9	Fertility Specialist Isis Fertility Centre Colchester, United Kingdom	31.3.09
10	Deputy Sperm Bank Manager & Clinical Andrologists London Women's Clinic London, United Kingdom	1 month
11	Trainee Embryologist (Fixed Term) NURTURE Nottingham, United Kingdom	19 February 2009
12	Principal Embryologist The Agora Gynaecology & Fertility Centre Brighton & Hove, United Kingdom	when position is filled

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#	Title	Country	Photo
1	TAÍSA MICHELUCCI RIBEIRO ANDROLOGIST/EMBRYOLOGIST/SPERM BANK/CLINIC MANAGER IN UK.	Brazil
	"WORKING IN HUMAN REPRODUCTION/IVF/ ANDROLOGY LABORATORY/ SPERM BANK IN UK. JOINING AN INFERTILITY/FERTILITY CLINIC AS ANDROLOGIST OR EMBRYOLOGIST TRAINEE IN UK !"
2	Stephen Embryologist	India	-
3	Olga Delikari clinical embryologist	Greece
	"Clinical embryologist with 7 years of experience in all laboratory procedures associated with the diagnostic and therapeutic treatment including sperm preparation,egg collections,ivf/icsi,embryo transfers,freezing/thawing of sperm,eggs and embryos,vitrification and laser assisted hatching.I'm looking for joining an embryologist team in Greece or UK"
4	xiang wei fu Post Doc/Trainee Embryologist/Trainee Andrologist/Researcher	China
	"I am a Ph.D. student and about to get Ph.D. degree this June and available to new position at July 2009. I am looking for a position concern gametes and embryo. I would like to start from Trainee Embryologist/Trainee Andrologist. contact me. email: xiangweifu AT 126.com"
5	Chengjun Liu embryologist	China	-
	"embryologist, reaseach"
6	Neil R. Stoddart, Ph.D., HCLD. Laboratory Director / Consultant or Senior Embryologist / Andrologist.	United States	-
	"Seeking position as Laboratory Director / Consultant or Senior Embryologist / Andrologist in USA, UK, EU or Australia / NZ."
7	Sarah Aljazary Embryologist	United Kingdom
	"follow a career as a clinical embryologist"
8	Gihan Abd-Elaziz gynecologist in infertility unit	Egypt	-
	"gynecologist with experiences in infertility."
9	Rana El-rass Embryologist	Canada	-
	"Embryologist"
10	Mostafa Soliman embryologist	Egypt

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1	Brown oocytes	13 February 2009		0
	Hello. A 30 yrs old lady with primary subfertility of 2 1/2 yrs with unexplained infertility underwent IVF with long down regulation protocol and urinary gonadotropins. Oocytes on the day of retrival looked normal.However on day 1 after denudation for fertilization check the oocytes looks brownish.Outof 10 oocytes 4 oocytes showed 2PN there was no cleavage. The images are attached. We would like to know has anybody come across such situation. What could be the cause? What should we do in futur.. John [ Reply here ]

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Re: Best Vitrification Solution
Regarding the question about cryopreservatives for vitrification, PrOH is typically very toxic at concentrations necessary to vitrify if used alone. DMSO also can be toxic at high concentrations, and toxicity levels are often cell-type dependent. There seems to be an inverse correlation between ability to vitrify and toxicity, with the best vitrifying compounds, like PrOH also generally having the highest toxicity. Typically, combinations of compounds, used at lower concentrations, are used. However, I have seen PrOH showing extreme toxicity above 2M with mouse oocytes, and saw an identical phenomenon with human oocytes, although I did not have the resources at the time to do a controlled study to unequivocally determine if the cause of rapid cell death was the PrOH alone. I would avoid using PrOH to vitrify oocytes. To obtain more background information on this topic, search PubMed for publications by Greg Fahy and colleagues. If you can\'t get any PDFs easily, write to me and I\'ll e-mail some to you. - smullen@21cm.com
Steven F. Mullen