Tag: aneuploidy

ASRM ABSTRACTS: PGS shows promise in recurrent pregnancy loss

This is one of a series of news items from abstracts of studies presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine as complied by Dr. David Meldrum, Scientific Director of Reproductive Partners. We appreciate the enormous amount of work it takes to compile and comment on these abstracts.

Based on data from Day 3 embryo …

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Recurrent miscarriage is caused mostly by abnormal chromosomes

In a study published in the October 2012 issue of Fertility & Sterility, results of preimplantation genetic screening (PGS) with comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) showed a significant decrease in the miscarriage rate in a group of patients with previous idiopathic recurrent pregnancy loss.

They analyzed a total of 2,282 embryos of which 35% were normal (euploid) and 60% were abnormal (aneuploid). …

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