Vitrification by definition, according to Wikipedia is the process of converting a substance into a glass, however this does not properly explain what the process of vitrification helps with in assisting in fertility methods be it IVF, ICSI or IUI.
Why Vitrification?
The main problem when freezing cells is the formation of intracellular ice crystals during both cooling and warming, since these ice crystals have detrimental effect on cell survival. Vitrification, the extremely rapid freezing of cellular materials, makes it possible to freeze cells without forming ice crystals within the cells. The result of vitrification is a very homogenous, amorphous crystalline structure.
Why Nidacon Vitrification?
Vitriblast and Thermoblast are based on clinically, well tested standard formulations (lane et al). Numerous publications demonstrate their effectiveness regarding both survival of blastocysts and pregnancy rates.
Follow-up studies have been done on live-births, where a comparison was made with babies from fresh blastocysts, slow-frozen early cleavage stage embryos and vitrified blastocysts.
Since the formulisations have been used considerably, Nidacon can provide you with a very detailed protocol for vitrifying blastocysts, just for your security.
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