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Single thawed embryo transfer after PGD does not affect pregnancy rates

Transferring just one embryo at a time to a woman's womb after embryos have undergone preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and freezing at the blastocyst stage has become a real option after researchers achieved pregnancy ...

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For the first time, the European IVF Monitoring Group reports on cycles using frozen eggs

With 3,284 cycles using frozen eggs, Italy is the leader in Europe, the 27th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology heard Wednesday.

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created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

PGD can permit the birth of healthy children to women carrying mitochondrial DNA disease

Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) can give women at risk of passing on a mitochondrial DNA disorder to their offspring a good chance of being able to give birth to an unaffected child, a researcher told the annual ...

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New genetic testing technology for IVF embryos

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have devised a new technique, which helps couples that are affected by or are carriers of genetic diseases have in vitro fertilized babies free of both the disease ...

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created May 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists ignore cultural barriers to find the cause of a rare disease

In a research collaboration blind to affairs of politics, ethnicity, and religion, an international team led by Israeli scientists has identified the genetic cause of a neurological disorder afflicting members of a Palestinian ...

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created Apr 11, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

A procedure used in preconception diagnosis can lead to problems with pregnancies

A new study demonstrates that a procedure used in preconception diagnosis to identify eggs that are free of genetic disease might not work well in all cases. The research, published by Cell Press in the April issue of the ...

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created Apr 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

ESHRE publishes new PGD guidelines

The four guidelines include one outlining the organisation of a PGD centre and three relating to the methods used: amplification-based testing, fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH)-based testing and polar body/embryo ...

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created Oct 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Death at home less distressing for cancer patients and families

Cancer patients who die in the hospital or an intensive care unit have worse quality of life at the end-of-life, compared to patients who die at home with hospice services, and their caregivers are at higher risk for developing ...

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created Sep 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Europe leads the world in assisted-reproduction technology

Europe leads the world in Assisted Reproduction Technology (ART) with most cycles initiated in the region, the 26th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology heard today.

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created Jun 30, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Urine protein test might help diagnose kidney damage from lupus

Simple urine tests for four proteins might be able to detect early kidney disease in people with lupus, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found in an animal study.

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created Feb 16, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Largest study of PGD children shows embryo biopsy is safe for singleton pregnancies

The largest and longest running study of children born after preimplantation genetic diagnosis and screening has shown that embryo biopsy does not adversely affect the health of babies born as the result of a subsequent singleton ...

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created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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