When most people think about in vitro fertilization (IVF), they think of its use as a treatment for infertility. IVF can also be used to treat non-infertility conditions though. A growing space for the use of IVF is to use it as a treatment to reduce or eliminate inherited diseases from a family’s blood line.
Eliminating the risk of passing …
A recent study published in the journal Fertility & Sterility gives us more information about the chance of having a healthy child after transferring a mosaic embryo. The study was able to show that mosaic embryos can result in the delivery of healthy babies and the extent of mosaicism may influence this chance.
The study looked at 77 women, who …
By David R. Meldrum, M.D.
Because of our many years of work in IVF and our excellent results, we commonly have patients self-referred and sometimes referred by other IVF programs. Many of these couples have experienced reduced embryo quality in their previous cycles. Poor embryo quality is a problem that frequently repeats itself in each cycle, although sometimes changes can …
