Infertility

“By combining these observations (basic and clinical), we will be able to develop better treatment protocols in the future” declared Dr.

Nathalie Lédée of the Université de Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines and the person responsible of the EMBIC Database on Human The studies that are being carried out require access to large numbers of clinical samples that could never be collected in one IVF Unit or hospital working in isolation.

Only by a joint international effort will we be able to produce the results that we need.

The EMBIC database will be located in France and will bring together, anonymously and coded, the clinical information of fertile and infertile volunteers from 8 IVF centres from 7 European countries.

The EMBIC scientists will complete this information by entering into the database the results of the tests carried out on these samples, using the latest technologies for molecular and cell biology.

“The strength of EMBIC is that by working together, large numbers of samples can be collected in a short space of time.

It also allows direct comparisons between different treatments carried out in different countries across Europe” says Professor Sargent.

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