TREATMENT AND SERVICES: PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC SCREENING & PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS (PGD)

Preimplantation genetic diagnosis is also referred to as embryo screening.  The objective of PGD is to identify and select healthy embryos for implantation.  According to recent studies, babies born with chromosome abnormalities occur in:                                              

• 1 in 1,000 births in women aged 30 or younger
• 1 in 350 births by age 35
• 1 in 100 births by age 40
• 1 in 25 births by age 45

This treatment is typically recommended if: (a) either one of the couple is the carrier of a single gene defect (b) women under 35 years of age who experience multiple miscarriages or (c) couples who wish to balance their families.

PGD can only be conducted in a laboratory and is performed in conjunction with IVF.  For RSI patients, all PGD screening and diagnosis is done on site in our state-of-the-art laboratory.

In the simplest terms, PGD allows couples who are going through the IVF process to:  (a) identify embryos that may have abnormal genes (b) to select the sex of an embryo or (c) to avoid specific diseases.

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