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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Micro magnetic resonance spectroscopy for noninvasive metabolic screening of mammalian embryos and oocytes.

Giulia Sivelli, Arthur Barakat, Kathryn B Marable, Guillaume Gruet, Serena L Bitetti, Barry Behr, Valentina Lodde, Alberto Maria Luciano, Carolina Herrera, Michelle Blom and 1 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Giulia SivelliAnnaida Technologies, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Innovation Park C, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-7338-0727
Arthur BarakatAnnaida Technologies, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Innovation Park C, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland.
Kathryn B MarableAnnaida Technologies, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Innovation Park C, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland.
Guillaume GruetAnnaida Technologies, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Innovation Park C, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland.
Serena L BitettiAnnaida Technologies, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Innovation Park C, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland.ORCID 0009-0004-9787-2362
Barry BehrDepartments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.
Valentina LoddeReproductive and Developmental Biology Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, University of Milan, Milan 20122, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9768-2292
Alberto Maria LucianoReproductive and Developmental Biology Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, University of Milan, Milan 20122, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8016-9919
Carolina HerreraPaladis, Zurich, Switzerland.
Michelle BlomAnimal experimentation unit, Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois, Lausanne 1011, Switzerland.
Marco GrisiAnnaida Technologies, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Innovation Park C, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-9849-4763

Funding

EC | Horizon Europe | HORIZON EUROPE Innovative Europe () 681002Innosuisse - Schweizerische Agentur für Innovationsförderung (Innosuisse) 39821.1 IP-LS
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Analyzing cellular health and metabolism without compromising cell integrity is a major challenge. We present a noninvasive technique using micro magnetic resonance spectroscopy (micro MRS) for nondestructive metabolic fingerprinting at the single-cell scale. This is an application of micro MRS to bovine preimplantation embryos (~8 cells) and oocytes (single cell), with measurements performed on a total of over 150 samples. Among various applications, this method holds significant potential for assisted reproductive technologies (ART), where metabolic assessments of preimplantation embryos could improve treatment outcomes. Early results indicate that classification models using micro MRS data effectively distinguish embryos with high developmental potential and show correlation with oocytes maturity. Furthermore, a multigenerational safety study in a mouse model revealed no adverse effects from embryo exposure to static magnetic field. These findings indicate that micro MRS is a promising, safe tool for assessing embryo metabolism, potentially improving the efficiency and outcomes of ART.

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BlastocystEmbryo, MammalianOocytesAnimalsCattleFemaleMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMetabolomicsMiceReproductive Techniques, AssistedMagnetic Resonance Spectroscopymetabolic fingerprintingmicro MRSnon-invasive embryo screeningsingle-cell MRS

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PMID40720661
PMCPMC12337278

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