More affordable method of PGD has been tested
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- Published on Friday, 26 July 2013 13:36
The first "test-tube" child who had passed a new, more accessible method of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) was born in the
As a result of a standard IVF procedure thirteen embryos had been received, the cells of which were sent to
As we know, pre-implantation genetic diagnostics is a quite time-consuming and expensive procedure. It is now used mainly in cases when there is a high risk that a child with a particular anomaly will appear (if there are inherited diseases in the family or in case of the mature age of parents, etc.), but even in this case not everyone can afford it. The new technique, NGS, is easier and allows to reduce significantly a probability of birth of a child with abnormalities such as Down's syndrome, or like in case of Levi-Sheydts’ family- to select embryos that can be implanted into the uterus and develop normally.
The first "test-tube" child who had passed a new, more accessible method of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) was born in the
As a result of a standard IVF procedure thirteen embryos had been received, the cells of which were sent to
As we know, pre-implantation genetic diagnostics is a quite time-consuming and expensive procedure. It is now used mainly in cases when there is a high risk that a child with a particular anomaly will appear (if there are inherited diseases in the family or in case of the mature age of parents, etc.), but even in this case not everyone can afford it. The new technique, NGS, is easier and allows to reduce significantly a probability of birth of a child with abnormalities such as Down's syndrome, or like in case of Levi-Sheydts’ family- to select embryos that can be implanted into the uterus and develop normally.
It is important to note that the price of NGS is tens of times lower than PGD’s one and, moreover, results of NGS can be received much quicker, which greatly increases the commercial attractiveness of the method and its chances to become widespread. I think that advantages of this method may make it useful for couples who have decided to have a baby in a "dangerous" age when there is an increased risk of giving birth to a child with abnormalities related with the violation of number of chromosomes in the genome. This simple but effective procedure may help women who had several unsuccessful IVF circles to increase greatly chances to conceive a child.