Fertility and Sterility
Volume 85 , Pages 1248-1260 , April 2006

Evaluation of the embryonic preimplantation potential of human adult somatic cells via an embryo interspecies bioassay using bovine oocytes

  • Karl Illmensee, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Reprogen, Limassol, Cyprus
    • Andrology Institute of America, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
    • ,
  • Mike Levanduski, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Embryoserv Corporation, New York, New York, USA
    • ,
  • Panayiotis M. Zavos, Ed.S., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Reprogen, Limassol, Cyprus
    • Andrology Institute of America, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Panayiotis M. Zavos, Ph.D., Andrology Institute of America, P.O. Box 23777, Lexington, Kentucky 40523 (FAX: 859-278-6806).

Received 11 July 2005 ,Revised 28 October 2005 ,Accepted 28 October 2005.

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PII: S0015-0282(05)04203-2

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.10.026

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 85 , Pages 1248-1260 , April 2006

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