{"id":1940,"date":"2020-09-25T11:43:25","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T09:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgenikolopoulos.gr\/?p=1940"},"modified":"2020-10-13T09:57:05","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T07:57:05","slug":"blastocysts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgenikolopoulos.gr\/en\/blastocysts\/","title":{"rendered":"BLASTOCYSTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BLASTOCYSTS CULTURE<\/p>\n<p>Blastocyst is called an embryo at an advanced stage of development, after 5-6 days of culture. At this stage, the embryo is composed of 60-100 cells, which have begun to differentiate into two distinct groups, the outer and inner cell mass, and are characterized by the presence of the blastocoel.<\/p>\n<p><em>Embryo transfer is done the same way, regardless of whether we are transferring embryos on day 2, 3, 5 or 6.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Embryo transfer at the blastocyst stage (and not earlier) is made depending on the background of each couple, the number and quality of the embryos. 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