36 results about "First trimester" patented technology

A method of isolating a pluripotent cell from human umbilical cord is described herein. The method involves collecting a sample of umbilical cord from fetal tissue obtained at less than 20 weeks of gestation, for example a first trimester umbilical cord. The sample is treated to obtain isolated umbilical cord cells, after which the isolated umbilical cord cells are incubated. Stem cells obtained in this way can be differentiated for use in therapeutic applications.

The invention relates to a sow feeding method of a special wild pig. The method comprises the following steps: (1) feeding sows to reach sexual maturity when the sows are 6-7 months old and are 75-80 kg weight and reach body maturity when the sows are 7-8 months old and 80-90 kg weight and mating the sows; feeding and mating 4-6 non-pregnant sows in each pigsty; feeding each sow at the first trimester of pregnancy in a limiting pigsty or in an independent pigsty, 2-4 sows at the mid trimester of pregnancy in each pigsty and 1-2 sows at the later trimester of pregnancy in each pigsty, and feeding the sows on obstetric tables from 7 days before parturition to weaning; (2) reinforcing sow feeding management, meeting nutritional requirements in the non-pregnant to-be-mating period, the first trimester of pregnancy, the mid trimester of pregnancy, the later trimester of pregnancy and the suckling period, preparing daily rations for the different periods, feeding different feeds, and paying attention to rational matching of green and coarse fodders and concentrated feeds. According to the sow feeding method, the feed and the control for feeding are optimized, so that the sows rut quickly, the farrowing rate is high, normally 12-14 piglets are born by each sow, and the survival rate is over 90 percent.

The present invention provides a method of predicting pregnancy outcome in a subject by determining the amount of an early pregnancy associated molecular isoform of hCG in a sample. The present invention further provides a method for determining the amount of early pregnancy associated molecular isoforms of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in a sample. The present invention also provides a diagnostic kit for determining the amount of early pregnancy associated hCG in a sample. The present invention additionally provides an antibody which specifically binds to an early pregnancy associated molecular isoform of human chorionic gonadotropin. Finally, the present invention provides methods for detecting trophoblast or non-trophoblast malignancy in a sample.

The invention discloses a fertility and pregnancy monitoring device and method. According to the invention, a pregnancy monitoring device and method improve detection in the first trimester of the occurrence of ectopic pregnancy and the occurrence of multiple foetuses. The device includes a sample absorbing member and an analyser to analyse a plurality of sequential a biological liquid samples and computing means to determine an ovulation date and deviations in the measured quantity of hCG from predetermined values which are indicators of ectopic pregnancy or multiple pregnancy. The device and method enables early detection of ectopic pregnancy or multiple pregnancy.

The invention relates to a method for detecting early pregnancy of sheep. The method comprises the following steps of: collecting sheep blood or urine from the seventh day to the fourteenth day aftermating of ewes; inserting sheep chorionic gonadotropin HCG detection test paper into serum or urine for 5-10 seconds, and after 15-18 minutes, indicating that a detection result is invalid if a test paper quality control line C does not develop color and a detection line T develops color; indicating that an HCG level of ewes is low if the quality control line C develops color and the detection line T does not develop color; comparing developed colors with an HCG colorimetric card if the quality control line C and the detection line T both develop colors; indicating that the ewes are not pregnant if HCG is smaller than 10 mIU / ml; indicating that the ewes are possibly pregnant and need to be continuously detected twice if the HCG is greater than or equal to 10 mIU / ml, and indicating that theewes are pregnant and have living embryos if the HCG of twice detection rises and the HCG detected later is 1-2 times of the HCG detected last time; and indicating that ewes are pregnant but encounter embryo damage if the HCG of twice detection is kept unchanged or decreased, and taking miscarriage prevention measures or stopping pregnancy.

The invention provides serum-based, diagnostic, biological assays for predicting disorders of pregnancy resulting from poor trophoblast and / or placental ischemia, including preeclampsia. Serum samples from such subjects exhibit an ability to disrupt the architecture involving fetal trophoblasts and maternal endothelial cells in a three-dimensional, dual cell co-culture system provided herein, in contrast to normal pregnancy serum samples. Based on these distinctions, the assays are employed to predict pregnancy outcomes as early as first trimester.

A method of isolating a pluripotent cell from human umbilical cord is described herein. The method involves collecting a sample of umbilical cord from fetal tissue obtained at less than 13 weeks of gestation, for example a first trimester umbilical cord. The sample is treated to obtain isolated umbilical cord cells, after which the isolated umbilical cord cells are incubated. Cells obtained in this way can be differentiated for use in treating conditions of cell damage, by supplanting the function of a damaged cell in a condition such as spinal cord injury, cardiovascular injury or heart disease.

The present invention relates to the technical field of gene identification and specifically discloses primers, probes, an identification method and a kit for identifying fetal chromosome sex. The primers and probes for identifying the fetal sex are primers and probes designed according to a male sex determining gene SRY, and three pairs of the primers and probes designed according to gene sequences of a, b, and c regions in an AZF region of Y chromosome, respectively. The plurality of pairs of the primers and corresponding probes are designed and a four-channel fluorescence detection method is used to determine existence of the SRYgene and the Y chromosome in a detection process, and the method has characteristics of high accuracy, high detection flux and high sensitivity.

The present invention relates to a method for assessing the likelihood of the presence or formation of fetal heart disease (such as HLHS) in a fetus. In this methodology, the mother, either before or during pregnancy, is tested for the presence of anti-strep antibodies. If positive, the fetus is evaluated and monitored for the presence of fetal heart disease; the fetus can be treated, if appropriate. In addition, either prior to pregnancy or during the first trimester, the mother can be treated to prevent the formation of such antibodies or to neutralize their presence or effect fetal heart tissue.

The invention relates to a sow feeding method of a special wild pig. The method comprises the following steps: (1) feeding sows to reach sexual maturity when the sows are 6-7 months old and are 75-80 kg weight and reach body maturity when the sows are 7-8 months old and 80-90 kg weight and mating the sows; feeding and mating 4-6 non-pregnant sows in each pigsty; feeding each sow at the first trimester of pregnancy in a limiting pigsty or in an independent pigsty, 2-4 sows at the mid trimester of pregnancy in each pigsty and 1-2 sows at the later trimester of pregnancy in each pigsty, and feeding the sows on obstetric tables from 7 days before parturition to weaning; (2) reinforcing sow feeding management, meeting nutritional requirements in the non-pregnant to-be-mating period, the first trimester of pregnancy, the mid trimester of pregnancy, the later trimester of pregnancy and the suckling period, preparing daily rations for the different periods, feeding different feeds, and paying attention to rational matching of green and coarse fodders and concentrated feeds. According to the sow feeding method, the feed and the control for feeding are optimized, so that the sows rut quickly, the farrowing rate is high, normally 12-14 piglets are born by each sow, and the survival rate is over 90 percent.

The use of a probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus and a probiotic Bifidobacterium longumin the manufacture of a medicament or therapeutic nutritional composition for administration to an infant during at least the first three months of life for the long-term prophylaxis of diarrhea in infants and young children.