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Chapter 1 Historical Background on Gamete and Embryo Cryopreservation

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Cryopreservation of Mammalian Gametes and Embryos

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 1568))

Abstract

This chapter describes the development of the science of cryopreservation of gametes and embryos of various species including human. It attempts to record in brief the main contributions of workers in their attempts to cryopreserve gametes and embryos. The initial difficulties faced and subsequent developments and triumphs leading to present-day state of the art are given in a concise manner. The main players and their contributions are mentioned and the authors’ aim is to do justice to them. This work also attempts to ensure that credit is correctly attributed for significant advances in gamete and embryo cryopreservation. In general this chapter has tried to describe the historical development of the science of cryopreservation of gametes and embryos as accurately as possible without bias or partiality.

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The authors are grateful to Dr. Peter J McCullagh and Dr. James N Shelton of the John Curtin School of Medical Research, the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, for their valuable assistance in copy editing the manuscript and valuable comments that helped improve the quality of the manuscript.

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  1. Faculty of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Jaffar Ali

  2. REIM Department, Women’s Specialized Hospital, King Fahad Medical City, 59046, Riyadh, 11525, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    Naif H. AlHarbi

  3. School of Sociology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia

    Nafisa Ali

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Ali, J., AlHarbi, N.H., Ali, N. (2017). Chapter 1 Historical Background on Gamete and Embryo Cryopreservation. In: Nagy, Z., Varghese, A., Agarwal, A. (eds) Cryopreservation of Mammalian Gametes and Embryos. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1568. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6828-2_1

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