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Review
. 2002 Mar;19(3):137-43.
doi: 10.1023/a:1014788821965.

Protein supplementation of human IVF culture media

Deborah Blake  1 , Peter Svalander, Meishan Jin, Christer Silversand, Lars Hamberger
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Review

Protein supplementation of human IVF culture media

Deborah Blake et al. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2002 Mar.

Abstract

This review travels the road of protein supplementation in embryo culture development-from whole crude plasma in the mid Twentieth century moving through to the completely genetically engineered human albumin with successful births at the beginning of the Twenty-first.

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