BIOLOGY: Survival rate for blastocysts

From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@aeiveos.com)
Date: Thu Dec 20 2001 - 21:53:53 MST


On the NOVA special "Life's Greatest Miracle" tonight
there was a comment that more than 50% of blastocysts
(embryos?) fail to develop properly.

This was a question that came up a few weeks ago.
I had heard in some class I took at the Univ. of Washington
that the number could be as high as 70%.

No references, sorry.

Robert



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