A Novel Treatment Facilitates Blastocyst Hatching

­PRODUCT OPPORTUNITIES

• •​​​​​​​Additive for human embryo culture

PRODUCT OPPORTUNITIES

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES

• •Enhance blastocyst hatching
• •Does not induce thermal or mechanical damage as in laser-mediated assisted hatching

TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION

The inventors have described additives that enhance hatching in mouse and human embryos. This novel method can safely increase the efficiency of assisted reproduction as well as reducing the number of “unused” embryos that are produced and ultimately frozen indefinitely.

ABOUT THE INVENTOR

Prof. Jesse Mager is a Professor in the Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The Mager lab focuses on characterizing mutant mice generated by the Knock-out Mouse Consortium (KOMP2) as part of the international effort to functionally annotate the mammalian genome.

AVAILABILITY:

Available for Licensing and/or Sponsored Research

DOCKET:

UMA 24-021

PATENT STATUS:

Patent Pending

NON-CONFIDENTIAL INVENTION DISCLOSURE

LEAD INVENTOR:

Jesse Mager, Ph.D.

CONTACT:

 The inventors have described additives that enhance hatching in mouse and human embryos. This novel method can safely increase the efficiency of assisted reproduction as well as reducing the number of “unused” embryos that are produced and ultimately frozen indefinitely.