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Antifreeze Proteins

Research Results from Seoul National University Update Understanding of Antifreeze Proteins

Published in Drug Week, January 6th, 2012

2012 JAN 6 -- In this recent article published in the journal Fertility and Sterility, scientists in Seoul, South Korea conducted a study "To investigate the effect of antifreeze protein (AFP) supplementation during mouse oocyte vitrification on the survival, fertilization and embryonic development. Animal study. University laboratory. Animal(s): BDF-1 mice. In vivo-matured metaphase II oocytes were vitrified with the use of CryoTop by two-step exposure to equilibrium and vitrification solution supplemented or not with 500 ng/mL AFP III."

"Postwarming survival, fertilization, embryonic development up to blastocyst in vitro, morphology of spindle...

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