PGD Offspring
By Kathleen
A study found that children born as a result of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) do not have higher incidence of major malformations than children born as a result artificial reproductive technologies without PGD. PGD is a technique in which a portion of an embryo is removed for genetic testing and only unaffected embryos are transferred. This study included 583 patients and the researchers set out to find out if the additional embryo manipulation caused any effect on the health of the children. Until recently, PGD was typically used for diagnosis of a genetic disease in early embryos prior to implantation and pregnancy. Now, the major application of PGD is in the field of assisted reproduction for aneuploidy screening and diagnosis of unbalanced inheritance of chromosome abnormalities (translocations). This study should be reassuring for patients who are undergoing this procedure.
A study found that children born as a result of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) do not have higher incidence of major malformations than children born as a result artificial reproductive technologies without PGD. PGD is a technique in which a portion of an embryo is removed for genetic testing and only unaffected embryos are transferred. This study included 583 patients and the researchers set out to find out if the additional embryo manipulation caused any effect on the health of the children. Until recently, PGD was typically used for diagnosis of a genetic disease in early embryos prior to implantation and pregnancy. Now, the major application of PGD is in the field of assisted reproduction for aneuploidy screening and diagnosis of unbalanced inheritance of chromosome abnormalities (translocations). This study should be reassuring for patients who are undergoing this procedure.
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