MadSci Network: Genetics
Query:

Subject: Can you replace older woman's zona pellucida with younger donor zp for IVF

Date: Fri Oct 8 17:22:57 2010
Posted by LB
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Area of science: Genetics
ID: 1286583777.Ge
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I read a study on-line that women of Advanced Maternal Age may be lacking a
protein in their oocyte's zona pellucida, and that may be why their blastocytes
do not implant causing IVF to be unsuccessful.  If the older woman's zona
pellucida is replaced with only the zona pellucida of a younger donor oocyte,
and IVF is then carried out, the embryo is normal according to PGD and IVF leads
to successful pregnancy, what are the genetic ramifications to the child? 


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