Article from Clinical Lab Products December 7 2015 Blood Cell Storage Inc, Seattle, has launched the Safe Sens TrakStation, which applies a best-practices approach based on pH monitoring during the initial five days of the in vitro fertilization process. According to the company, most embryologists utilize “point-in-time” monitoring of pH combined with visual evidence of embryo development. These measurements can…
By Susan Olds The webinar is presented by Susan Olds of the POMA Fertility Clinic in Kirkland, Washington and is based on her 2015 ASRM Poster Presentation. The presentation focuses on an analysis of Embryo Culture media pH changes during Incubator use and media evaporation under oil using a Continuous pH monitoring system. The study objectives, methods and conclusions are…
Susan Olds at Poma Fertility used the SAFE Sens system to demonstrate that the pH of media is stable during incubator condition changes. Download the poster presented at ASRM 2015 in Baltimore to learn more about Determination of ideal oil volume for embryo culture to prevent evaporation Impact of evaporation on critical media properties including pH and osmolality Effect of…
Jason Gay on the ups and downs of the costly, often heartbreaking, sometimes comic world of fertility medicine From the Wall Street Journal Oct 30, 2015 We had a hard time. That’s OK. A lot of people have a hard time. It’s the cruel joke of wannabe parenthood: You spend your teenage years—probably your early 20s and maybe much more…