Tim Schimmel
Saint Barnabas Medical Center
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The Lancet | 1997
Jacques Cohen; R.T. Scott; Tim Schimmel; Jacob Levron; Steen Willadsen
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Cryobiology | 2002
James J Stachecki; Jacques Cohen; Tim Schimmel; Steen Willadsen
This study (1) analyzed fetal development of mouse embryos after oocyte cryopreservation in CJ2, a choline-based medium, (2) examined the effect of culture duration in vitro on subsequent fetal development, and (3) compared survival and fetal development of zygotes frozen in embryo transfer freeze medium (ETFM; sodium-based medium) or CJ2. Unfertilized oocytes and zygotes were cryopreserved using a slow-cooling protocol. After thawing, oocytes were inseminated after drilling a hole in their zona, cultured in vitro either to the two-cell or blastocyst stage, and transferred to the oviducts or uterine horns of recipient mice. In parallel experiments, frozen-thawed zygotes were similarly cultured and transferred. Implantation rates for transferred embryos were high (range 66-88%), regardless of whether they had been frozen as oocytes or zygotes and whether they had been transferred to the oviduct or uterus. However, fetal development was significantly higher when two-cell embryos were transferred. With blastocyst transfer, control embryos implanted and produced a greater proportion of fetuses than did oocytes frozen in CJ2, whereas transfer at the two-cell stage resulted in similar proportions of implantation sites and fetuses. Blastocyst transfer of zygotes cryopreserved in ETFM or CJ2 produced similar fetal development rates (23.6% vs 20.0%), but when frozen-thawed zygotes were transferred at the two-cell stage the fetal development rates were higher in the ETFM group (53.3%) than in the CJ2 group (32.0%). A high proportion (46.7%) of oocytes frozen in CJ2 in a nonprogrammable freezer and plunged at -20 degrees C developed into live offspring. This study shows that in the mouse (1) oocytes frozen in CJ2 can develop into viable fetuses, (2) prolonging culture in vitro has a detrimental effect on embryo transfer outcome, and (3) CJ2 offers no advantage for zygote cryopreservation.
Prenatal Diagnosis | 1998
Santiago Munné; Muhterem Bahçe; Tim Schimmel; Sasha Sadowy; Jacques Cohen
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis of translocations can be performed on first polar bodies (PB) at metaphase stage using FISH with whole‐chromosome painting DNA probes. Here we report the use of this method in a couple in which the female was a carrier of a balanced translocation 46, XX, t(11;16)(q21;q22). This case was unusual in that two polar bodies showed recombination events between the homologue chromosomes of 11 and 16 pairs, resulting in M‐II oocytes with monovalent chromosomes having a normal and a derivative chromatid. For this type of case, PGD analysis on polar bodies cannot give a useful result, because, at the second meiotic division, either of these chromatids could remain in the oocyte, resulting in a normal, balanced or unbalanced embryo. PGD analysis on blastomeres can provide a solution. 11 previous cases of PGD of translocations performed by metaphase PB analysis are reviewed. Copyright
Methods of Molecular Biology | 2007
Mohan C. Vemuri; Tim Schimmel; P. Colls; Santiago Munné; Jacques Cohen
Human embryonic stem cells (hESC) have the potential to treat a wide range of diseases. Currently, the use of existing hESC lines in human clinical applications is limited, as they are derived from blastocysts subjected to immunosurgery with animal derived antibodies, and are maintained on mouse embryonic feeder (MEF) cells, in the presence of either fetal calf serum (FCS) or on Matrigel or with conditioned media from MEFs. Successful derivation of hESCs in xeno-free conditions is crucial in advancing stem cell therapy applications. Two hESC lines, one from chromosomally abnormal embryos and another cell line from normal embryos from the inner cell mass of human blastocysts are derived using a culture media that had 20% serum replacement (SR) and human FGF2 on human foreskin fibroblasts as feeder cells. Derivation and characterization of such xenofree hESCs suitable for clinical studies is described in this chapter.
Reproductive Biomedicine Online | 2001
Henry E Malter; Tim Schimmel; Jacques Cohen
Infrared laser systems are currently being marketed for application in clinical zona pellucida dissection. However, these systems have undergone only limited animal testing and minor clinical trials that lacked proper controls. Two of these systems have been evaluated in protocols that addressed potential detrimental effects on embryonic development in the mouse. Exaggerated large openings were made in the zona pellucida of 8-16 cell mouse embryos. Embryonic development and subsequent implantation and viability were assessed. A definite negative effect on these parameters was observed following the use of one of these systems. Following this animal trial, the second system was evaluated in a clinical trial for assisted hatching and embryo biopsy. Laser dissection was directly compared with the standard zona drilling using acidified Tyrodes solution. While no significant difference was evident between the two protocols, it was felt that laser dissection presented some problems in both consistency between operators and in the efficacy of subsequent manipulations such as blastomere biopsy and fragment removal. These results argue that laser zona dissection is far from a simple technique and should be carefully evaluated before any clinical application is made.
Molecular Human Reproduction | 1998
Jacques Cohen; R.T. Scott; Mina Alikani; Tim Schimmel; Santiago Munné; Jacob Levron; Lizi Wu; Carol A. Brenner; Carol M. Warner; Steen Willadsen
Human Reproduction | 1997
Jacques Cohen; Antonia Gilligan; W Esposito; Tim Schimmel; B Dale
Human Reproduction | 1997
Jacques Cohen; G J Garrisi; T A Congedo-Ferrara; K A Kieck; Tim Schimmel; R T Scott
Human Reproduction | 1999
Steen Willadsen; Jacob Levron; Santiago Munné; Tim Schimmel; Carmen Márquez; R.T. Scott; Jacques Cohen
Human Reproduction | 1998
Jerry L. Hall; Antonia Gilligan; Tim Schimmel; Michael D. Cecchi; Jacques Cohen