Reproductive Partners Fertility Blog » PGD http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog Helping couples acheive the dream of being parents. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:40:12 +0000 en hourly 1 Day 5 embryo biopsy for PGD or PGS less harmful to embryo than Day 3 http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/782/day-5-embryo-biopsy-for-pgd-or-pgs-less-harmful-to-embryo-than-day-3.html http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/782/day-5-embryo-biopsy-for-pgd-or-pgs-less-harmful-to-embryo-than-day-3.html#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:27:58 +0000 Dr. Arthur Wisot FACOG http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/?p=782 A study presented at the American Society of Reproductive Medicine Conference in Orlando last week, aimed to compare the safety and efficacy of embryo biopsies conducted for the purposes of screening for genetic disease at day 3 (cleavage stage) versus day 5 (blastocyst stage) of embryonic development. The impact that biopsy has on an embryo's ability to implant and develop …

]]> http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/782/day-5-embryo-biopsy-for-pgd-or-pgs-less-harmful-to-embryo-than-day-3.html/feed 0 Question on Comparative Genomic Hybridization (CGH) for PGS http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/468/question-on-comparative-genomic-hybridization-cgh-for-pgs.html http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/468/question-on-comparative-genomic-hybridization-cgh-for-pgs.html#comments Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18:15:16 +0000 Dr. Arthur Wisot FACOG http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/?p=468 An interesting question on the Reproductive Partners Fertility Forum about possiblility of doing preimpantation geneic screening for chromosomes (PGS) on frozen blastocysts raises some important points.

Q. I currently have frozen embryo's in La Jolla, we have a 17 month old son and are now starting to discuss a second child. My question is if CGH can be perfomed on …

]]> http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/468/question-on-comparative-genomic-hybridization-cgh-for-pgs.html/feed 0 Genetic screening for sperm donors http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/421/genetic-screening-for-sperm-donors.html http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/421/genetic-screening-for-sperm-donors.html#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:04:19 +0000 Dr. Arthur Wisot FACOG http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/?p=421 According to a survey of 26 sperm banks reported in the July 2010 edition of Fertility and Sterility, sperm banks vary considerably in their practices of genetic screening of donors.

Cystic fibrosis carrier screening, chromosome analyses, and hemoglobin evaluations are performed on the majority of sperm donor applicants. Tay-Sachs disease carrier screening is performed on most donors with Jewish heritage but …

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Reproductive Partners was cited in an article in the November 2009 issue of ELLE magazine, “Girl Crazy: Women Who Suffer from Gender Disappointment.” The article profiles women whose lives are disrupted because they have not been able to have the girl child that they are craving. According to the author, they resort to a variety of techniques to try to …

]]> http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/196/elle-gender-disappointment.html/feed 0 PGD – Pre implantation Genetic Diagnosis http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/69/pgd-pre-implantation-genetic-diagnosis.html http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/69/pgd-pre-implantation-genetic-diagnosis.html#comments Sat, 21 Oct 2006 22:17:51 +0000 admin http://www.reproductivepartners.com/blog/?p=69 New Technique Helps Couples With Known Genetic Problems Two sophisticated technologies can now be combined to help parents who carry a genetic defect prevent the passage of that defect to their offspring. For over twenty-five years, infertile couples have taken advantage of in vitro fertilization (IVF) to help create their families. The latest advance in this reproductive technology is pre-implantation …

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