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Increasing In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Success Rate with Maturation of Unusable Oocytes

Project Quick Facts

Principal Investigator

  • Prof. LEE Tin Lap

    School of Biomedical Sciences

  • Funding

    Research Grants Council, Innovation and Technology Commission, Hong Kong Science and Technology Park

  • Collaboration

    Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Unit of CUHK, Institute for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine of CUHK, Department of Biomedical Engineering of CUHK, EggLogics Limited

  • Patent

    1 US patent, 1 European patent and 1 China patent filed

Over the past 40 years, in vitro fertilization (IVF) success rate has remained poor for women of advanced maternal age (AMA). The poor outcomes often associated with oocyte quantitative and qualitative decline. To compensate for the poor success rate, AMA women have to undergo multiple IVF procedures, encountering invasive painful operations and the risk of embryo issues. This also inflicts huge financial, physical, and emotional stress. As there are currently no viable solutions, the project aims to develop a novel non-invasive approach to alleviate these stressful experiences by increasing usable oocytes. The animal and human models have shown substantial improvements in reproductive outcomes.

The low number of usable oocytes in AMA women poses a huge technical challenge in IVF
Increase usable oocyte from cell-mediated maturation

Uniqueness and Competitive Advantages:

  • First cell-based oocyte improvement
  • Natural, not genetic transferred and non-invasive
  • Compatible with existing IVF procedure
  • A unique device developed for consistent robust performance delivery
  • Reduce stresses that follow repeated conventional IVF
A unique device developed for consistent robust performance delivery
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