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Assisted Reproductive Technologies Disrupt Genomic Imprinting In Human And Mitochondria In Mouse Embryos, Carlee R. White

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Infertile couples worldwide use assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) to help conceive their own biological child. Due to the rising use of ARTs, there is continual emergence of new techniques implemented in human fertility clinics. When treatment is successful, there is an increased risk even within singletons for perinatal complications including preterm birth, intrauterine growth restriction, low and high birth weight and genomic imprinting disorders Beckwith Wiedemann Syndrome, Angelman Syndrome, and Silver-Russel Syndrome. Consequently, there is a need to investigate the effects of these treatments on the manipulated oocyte and preimplantation embryo. To address this, I first analyzed the combined effects …