Northwestern University News Highlights The more radiant the burst, the better the egg Zinc content predicts egg’s ability to develop into embryo Tool being developed to help doctors see zinc fireworks in clinic “It’s a way of sorting egg quality in a way we’ve never been able to assess before.” – Teresa Woodruff, the Thomas J. Watkins Memorial Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology  ()  () Radiant Zinc Fireworks Reveal Quality of Human Egg Discovery could help fertility doctors decide best eggs to implant for IVF text size April 26, 2016 | In a study published in Scientific Reports, Northwestern researchers have discovered that when the human egg is activated by a sperm enzyme, an explosion of zinc sparks erupt. The size of the eruption is directly related to the health of the egg and its
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