What does treatment, particularly artificial fertilisation, cost?
Unfortunately, there is no one-size-fits-all answer to the question of how much artificial fertilisation costs. Routine diagnostics…
TESE = testicular sperm extraction
Functional but not yet fully matured sperm, taken from the testicular tissue using a surgical procedure, can also be used for successful fertility treatment using…
Eggs on ice
One stimulation cycle can lead to the ripening of 5-15 eggs. However, only two (in some cases three) embryos are transferred into the uterine cavity. The remaining eggs in the pronculear…
ZyMot Sperm Separation Device
The processing of the ejaculate for assisted reproduction techniques aims to enrich mostly motile and DNA-intact sperm. The conventional preparation method uses…
Why do we culture blastocysts? When is this useful?
Blastocyst is the technical term for the development stage of the embryo on the fifth day after fertilisation of the egg. In natural…
Early embryo development
After fertilisation, early human embryos initially divide roughly once per day, giving a four-cell embryo on the second day, an eight-cell embryo on the third day, etc. On…
Monitoring with time-lapse imaging
In principle, the transferral of fertilised egg cells can take place two to six days after egg retrieval. A prolonged culture phase can help to identify the…
Sperm cells brought directly to their destination
Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is another method of assisted fertilisation outside the woman’s body. It is generally used if the male…
Laboratory-based work: helping fertilisation
After follicular puncture, we prepare the retrieved eggs for artificial fertilisation. The procedure differs depending on the quality of the semen:…
Removal of egg cells for fertilisation
For fertilisation outside the woman’s body (such as IVF, ICSI), it is necessary to remove eggs from the ovarian follicles. This procedure is called a…
