Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 8 , Pages 2627-2632 , 15 May 2010

Markers of growth and development in primate primordial follicles are preserved after slow cryopreservation

Presented at the 29th annual Minisymposium on Reproductive Biology, Evanston, Illinois, October 6, 2008,

  • Shiying Jin, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Reproductive Research, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
    • Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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  • Lei Lei, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Reproductive Research, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
    • Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
    • ,
  • Lonnie D. Shea, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
    • ,
  • Mary B. Zelinski, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Sciences, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, Oregon
    • ,
  • Richard L. Stouffer, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Sciences, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, Oregon
    • ,
  • Teresa K. Woodruff, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Reproductive Research, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
    • Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Teresa K. Woodruff, Ph.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 East Superior Street, Lurie Building 10-121, Chicago, IL 60611 (FAX: 312-503-8400).

Received 16 July 2009 ,Revised 28 October 2009 ,Accepted 12 November 2009.

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 S.J. has nothing to disclose. L.L. has nothing to disclose. L.S. has nothing to disclose. M.Z. has nothing to disclose. R.S. has nothing to disclose. T.W. has nothing to disclose.

 Supported by Oncofertility Consortium: National Institutes of Health grants RL1-HD058295 and PL1EB008542 and Training for a New Interdisciplinary Research Workforce (T90) grants 1TL1CA133837, U54-HD18185, and NCRR RR00163.

PII: S0015-0282(09)04109-0

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.11.029

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 93, Issue 8 , Pages 2627-2632 , 15 May 2010

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