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Micromanipulation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 March 2009

Simon Fishel ,
Judy Timson ,
Steven Green ,
Jenny Hall ,
Ken Dowell  and
Lucas Klentzeris
Simon Fishel*
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK
Judy Timson
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK
Steven Green
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK
Jenny Hall
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK
Ken Dowell
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK
Lucas Klentzeris
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK
*
Simon Fishel, NURTURE (Nottingham University Research & Treatment Unit in Reproduction), Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University Hospital, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK.
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Micromanipulation technology entered the forum of human conception in vitro in the late 1980s. It was erroneously perceived as a new technology – a purely mechanical approach to bypass failures of conception in vitro, the aetiology of which were unknown. In fact, it is the modification of technology developed since the beginning of this century, and its logical utilization for conception in vitro, preconception (polar body) biopsy and preimplantation (blastomere and trophectoderm) biopsy in the realm of human infertility and genetic disorders.

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Reproductive Medicine Review , Volume 2 , Issue 3 , October 1993 , pp. 199 - 222
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