Couples offered detailed embryo screening with 99% accuracy
New research will soon enable couples with in-fertility and pregnancy loss and those carrying genetic disease and abnormalities to access advanced embryo screening.
Termed “preimplantation genetic screening (PGS)” the process involves a full chromosome count of embryos to ensure only the healthiest are implanted.
It has a 99 per cent accuracy rate, giving hopeful parents the best chance to conceive and carry a healthy baby to term.
Embryos can be screened for a range of genetic conditions, including Down Syndrome, Huntington's disease and spinal muscular atrophy, before pregnancy.
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Rewinding Your Biological Clock: Motherhood Late in Lifeby Richard J. Paulson M.D., Judith Sachs
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Category: Down's Syndrome, embryo, PGS, pre-implantation genetic screening
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