Biotechnology of Reproduction and Development: From the Biomedical Model to Enterprise Innovation

Biotechnology methods provided a huge breakthrough in the knowledge of reproduction and development processes in mammals and opened new windows of opportunity for innovative enterprises in reproductive technologies in livestock and, in the pharmaceutical and biotechnological industries. In this paper we review our recent methodological and scientific developments and their integration in private commercially oriented enterprises. The first part of the paper contains examples on reproductive technologies (semen cryopreservation in the national equine breed, the Lusitano, and embryo transfer in dairy cattle) and the second part includes developmental biology studies on gene expression and genetic manipulation of the laboratory mouse and their prospects in the biotechnology industry

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