About the Authors
- Vitaly A. Kushnir
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* E-mail: vkushnir@thechr.com
Affiliations The Center for Human Reproduction, New York, NY, United States of America, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America
- David H. Barad
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Affiliations The Center for Human Reproduction, New York, NY, United States of America, Foundation for Reproductive Medicine, New York, NY, United States of America
- David F. Albertini
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Affiliations The Center for Human Reproduction, New York, NY, United States of America, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States of America
- Sarah K. Darmon
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Affiliation The Center for Human Reproduction, New York, NY, United States of America
- Norbert Gleicher
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Affiliations The Center for Human Reproduction, New York, NY, United States of America, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, United States of America
Competing Interests
V.A.K. previously served as a consultant to the CDC. The Center for Human Reproduction (CHR) annually routinely reports IVF outcome data to CDC and SART. N.G., D.H.B., and V.A.K. are listed as co-owners of a number of already awarded and still pending U.S. patents, none related to the topic of this manuscript. N.G. is a shareholder in Fertility Nutraceuticals, LLC and owner of the CHR. N.G. and D.H.B. receive patent royalties from Fertility Nutraceuticals, LLC. N.G., D.F.A., and D.H.B received research support, travel funding and lecture fees from various Pharma and medical device companies, none, in any way related to this manuscript. This study was funded by intramural funds from the CHR and by grants from The Foundation for Reproductive Medicine. Please note that the authors have several awarded and still pending patents but these are NOT related to this manuscript. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: VAK DHB NG. Analyzed the data: SKD VAK DHB. Wrote the paper: VAK DHB DFA SKD NG.