A new device that can detect important features of metabolism in eggs and early embryos may lead to new screening for more successful in vitro fertilization (IVF).
▲ This photo shows an isolated human zygote — a type of embryo at the earliest stages of development — at 20× magnification. A new screening method may be able to scan embryos like this one safely to help predict whether they will successfully develop.
The device has not yet been tested with human embryos, but new research finds that it is safe in mice and capable of detecting lipids in developing cow embryos that correlate with successfully hitting developmental milestones.
“We provide a new way to look at an embryo,” says Marco Grisi, the co-founder of Annaida Technologies, a company that develops methods to analyze metabolism in cells and microscopic life forms.
The device uses micro-magnetic resonance spectroscopy (Micro-MRS) to detect mobile...
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