The unbearable ignorance of the composition of IVF culture media.
Reprod Biomed Online
; 48(3): 103645, 2024 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
Culture media play an essential role in the success of IVF. Their composition has undergone major modifications over the 45 years since the birth of Louise Brown. Most IVF programmes now rely on commercially produced media, which they buy in small vials, guaranteed to be sterile and non-embryotoxic. Unfortunately, information about the components of the culture media and their concentrations is no longer available. Arguing that culture media recipes are proprietary, relevant commercial interests have stopped labelling their products with this vital information. Given the critical role that is played by culture media in the success of IVF, as well as the subsequent health of the children who are born after IVF, this information should not remain a 'company secret'. Clinicians and scientists working in IVF must insist that the labelling of culture media includes all of the constituents and their concentrations. Only in this way can we monitor the influence of culture media on IVF outcomes, innovate and continue to advance the field of IVF.
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Médicos
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Fertilización In Vitro
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Child
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Humans
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Reprod Biomed Online
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MEDICINA REPRODUTIVA
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2024
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Article