Assisted fertilization most effective and safest
A new type of analysis pre-implantation embryos can afford to triple in the success of assisted reproduction.
Researchers from the Clinical Care of Manchester have developed a new technique of pre-implantation analysis that will detect the presence or absence of genetic abnormalities in embryos. This new technique will allow to double or even triple, the success of artificial insemination.
Simon Fishel, director of the clinic, said “Until now analyzing five embryos under the microscope, we knew that half would have presented an abnormality in the DNA but could not determine which.
The study is carried out on embryos at blastocyst stage: this stage , the embryo is formed by a nucleus of cells, which then become the fetus, surrounded by other cells that will form the placenta. We have developed a test for the second group of cells, avoiding interference with the important ones.”
Currently, researchers are experimenting with the new technique on three expectant mothers.
