Reproduction Abstracts

Introduction: Preimplantation embryos depend on nutrients provided in the reproductive tract for development. Early human embryos have an increasing requirement for amino acids as they develop from the 1-cell through to the blastocyst stage. In vivo, the uterus provides the final environment for preimplantation development, but surprisingly, the nutritional composition of human uterine fluid has been little investigated. This study aims to examine the amino acid compo...