2025
A randomized controlled trial comparing embryo vitrification with slush nitrogen to liquid nitrogen in women undergoing frozen embryo transfer: embryology and clinical outcomes
Klimczak A, Osman E, Esbert M, Yildirim R, Whitehead C, Herlihy N, Hanson B, Roberts L, Seli E, Scott R. A randomized controlled trial comparing embryo vitrification with slush nitrogen to liquid nitrogen in women undergoing frozen embryo transfer: embryology and clinical outcomes. Human Reproduction 2025, deaf003. PMID: 39836897, DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deaf003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFrozen embryo transferRandomized controlled trialsPregnancy outcomesIVF stimulationPre-clinical trialsEmbryo transferPregnancy rateFutility analysisPost-warming survival rateDATE OF FIRST PATIENT’S ENROLMENT:University-affiliated infertility centerClinical pregnancy rateEmbryo transfer outcomesSustained implantation ratesPreimplantation genetic testingFIRST PATIENT’S ENROLMENTBlastocyst biopsyEmbryological outcomesBlastocyst survivalEmbryo vitrificationHuman oocytesMiscarriage rateImplantation rateNo significant differenceBaseline characteristics
2021
B-cell lymphoma 6 expression is not associated with live birth in a normal responder in vitro fertilization population
Klimczak AM, Herlihy NS, Scott CS, Hanson BM, Kim JG, Titus S, Seli E, Scott RT. B-cell lymphoma 6 expression is not associated with live birth in a normal responder in vitro fertilization population. Fertility And Sterility 2021, 117: 351-358. PMID: 34809978, DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2021.09.036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsB-cell lymphoma 6 (Bcl6) expressionLive birth groupLive birthsFertilization populationNormal respondersBirth groupProportion of patientsLive birth ratePopulation of patientsEuploid embryo transferCase-control studyEndometrial tissue samplesPreimplantation genetic testingGroup of womenIVF stimulationMean HSCOREIVF outcomesInfertility centerIVF successMAIN OUTCOMEGroup 2Group 1Embryo transferPatientsClinical decision