Reproductive Partners Fertility Blog » CGH http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog Helping couples acheive the dream of being parents. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:40:12 +0000 en hourly 1 RPMG moves to CGH for PGS for chromosomes http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/383/rpmg-moves-to-cgh-for-pgs-for-chromosomes.html http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/383/rpmg-moves-to-cgh-for-pgs-for-chromosomes.html#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:20:13 +0000 Dr. Arthur Wisot FACOG http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/?p=383 RPMG will now be using comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) for preimplantation genetic screening (PGS) for chromosome screening of embryos (including for sex selection). CGH is a technique that involves amplifying the DNA and uses many thousands of probes to check all 23 chromosome pairs. As long as an intact nucleus is biopsied, it is virtually error-free, whereas with the older …

]]> http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/383/rpmg-moves-to-cgh-for-pgs-for-chromosomes.html/feed 0 Does preimplantation genetic screening (PGS) improve IVF success rates in women over 35? http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/338/does-preimplantation-genetic-screening-pgs-improve-ivf-success-rates-in-women-over-35.html http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/338/does-preimplantation-genetic-screening-pgs-improve-ivf-success-rates-in-women-over-35.html#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:56:46 +0000 Dr. Arthur Wisot FACOG http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/?p=338 Some fertility centers promote preimplantation genetic screening as a way of improving IVF success rates in women over 35 (defining advanced maternal age).

Now a study in the January 2010 edition of Fertility & Sterility shows that PGS does not significantly improve implantation, pregnancy or live birth rates. In this randomized control study from Belgium, the clinical implantation rate per embryo …

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