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Oocyte nuclear transfer
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Oocyte nuclear transfer Or germinal vesicle transfer. An assisted reproductive technique involving transfer of an egg nucleus (usually from a woman with age-related infertility or mitochondrial disease) into a healthy donor egg whose nucleus has been removed. This reconstituted egg can then be fertilized by a sperm in vitro. This technique may restore fertility to older women or to prevent the passing of mitochondrial disease to offspring.
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Vesicle
1. A small, sac-like cavity. 2. A blister.
Nucleus
Plural: nuclei. The compartment of a cell that contains the chromosomes.
Infertility
The diminished or absent ability to conceive or produce an offspring while sterility is the complete inability to conceive or produce an offspring.
Donor
A person who gives an organ, tissue or blood to another person. A compatible donor is a person who has the same tissue and blood types as the person who receives the organ, tissue or blood.
Sperm
A sperm cell, or spermatozoon (pl. spermatozoa) (in Greek: sperm = semen and zoon = alive), is the haploid cell that is the male gamete. It is carried in fluid called semen, and is capable of fertilising an egg cell to form a zygote. A zygote can grow into a new organism, such as a human. Sperm cells contain half of the genetic information needed to create life. Generally, the sex of the offspring is determined by the sperm, through the chromosomal pair "XX" (for a female) or "XY" (for a male).
Fertility
The ability to have children.
Disease
Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the rubella (German measles) virus.
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Oocytes
The developing female reproductive cells (the developing eggs) produced in the ovaries.
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Ostomy
An operation that makes it possible for stool to leave the body through an opening made in the abdomen, necessary when part or all of the intestines are removed. Colostomy and ileostomy are types of ostomy.
Ostomy
An operation that makes it possible for stool to leave the body through an opening made in the abdomen, necessary when part or all of the intestines are removed. Colostomy and ileostomy are types of ostomy.
Overflow incontinence
The leakage of small amounts of urine from a bladder that is always full.
Ovulation
Release of a mature egg from an ovary.
Oocytes
The developing female reproductive cells (the developing eggs) produced in the ovaries.
Oocyte nuclear transfer
Ooplasmic transfer
An assisted reproduction technique that essentially enhances the defective (egg cytoplasm) from the patient's egg with healthy cytoplasm from a donor egg. This "enhanced" egg can then be fertilized by a sperm in vitro. This procedure may restore fertility to older women.
Object permanence
A cognitive milestone, usually reached in the second or third year, when achild is able to understand that an object exists even when it's out ofview.
Obstetrician
A physician specializing in women's reproductive health, an OB-GYNtypically has three years of post-medical school training.
Orchioectomy
Surgical procedure where a boy's testes are removed due to failure to descend.
Orchiopexy
A procedure in which a boy's undescended testicles are surgically pulled from the abdomen down into the scrotum.
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Vesicle
1. A small, sac-like cavity. 2. A blister.
Nucleus
Plural: nuclei. The compartment of a cell that contains the chromosomes.
Infertility
The diminished or absent ability to conceive or produce an offspring while sterility is the complete inability to conceive or produce an offspring.
Donor
A person who gives an organ, tissue or blood to another person. A compatible donor is a person who has the same tissue and blood types as the person who receives the organ, tissue or blood.
Sperm
A sperm cell, or spermatozoon (pl. spermatozoa) (in Greek: sperm = semen and zoon = alive), is the haploid cell that is the male gamete. It is carried in fluid called semen, and is capable of fertilising an egg cell to form a zygote. A zygote can grow into a new organism, such as a human. Sperm cells contain half of the genetic information needed to create life. Generally, the sex of the offspring is determined by the sperm, through the chromosomal pair "XX" (for a female) or "XY" (for a male).
Fertility
The ability to have children.
Disease
Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the rubella (German measles) virus.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Oocytes
The developing female reproductive cells (the developing eggs) produced in the ovaries.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Ostomy
An operation that makes it possible for stool to leave the body through an opening made in the abdomen, necessary when part or all of the intestines are removed. Colostomy and ileostomy are types of ostomy.
Ostomy
An operation that makes it possible for stool to leave the body through an opening made in the abdomen, necessary when part or all of the intestines are removed. Colostomy and ileostomy are types of ostomy.
Overflow incontinence
The leakage of small amounts of urine from a bladder that is always full.
Ovulation
Release of a mature egg from an ovary.
Oocytes
The developing female reproductive cells (the developing eggs) produced in the ovaries.
Oocyte nuclear transfer
Ooplasmic transfer
An assisted reproduction technique that essentially enhances the defective (egg cytoplasm) from the patient's egg with healthy cytoplasm from a donor egg. This "enhanced" egg can then be fertilized by a sperm in vitro. This procedure may restore fertility to older women.
Object permanence
A cognitive milestone, usually reached in the second or third year, when achild is able to understand that an object exists even when it's out ofview.
Obstetrician
A physician specializing in women's reproductive health, an OB-GYNtypically has three years of post-medical school training.
Orchioectomy
Surgical procedure where a boy's testes are removed due to failure to descend.
Orchiopexy
A procedure in which a boy's undescended testicles are surgically pulled from the abdomen down into the scrotum.
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