CRHGisthefirstcenterintheUStooffergenetictestingofembryoswithoutabiopsy.Non-invasivePGTisamethodbasedonsequencingthegenomicDNAsecretedintotheculturemediumfromthehumanblastocyst.WeareusingthisnewmethodasitishighlyaccurateandfarlessinvasivethanPreimplantationgeneticscreening(PGS).

PGShasbeenwidelyusedtoselectinvitro-fertilizedembryosfreeofchromosomalabnormalitiesandtoimprovetheclinicaloutcomeofinvitrofertilization(IVF).ThemaindisadvantageofPGSisthatitrequiresabiopsyofthepreimplantationhumanembryo,whichcanlimittheclinicalapplicabilityofPGSduetotheinvasivenessandcomplexityoftheprocess.Previouslybiopsyinganembryowastheonlyoption,butthisrequirescuttingcellsoutoftheembryototestforgeneticabnormalitiesandpotentiallydecreasingtheembryoqualityby2-5%.Nowwiththisnewtechnology,weofferbydoingNon-InvasivePGTitresultsinzerodamagetotheembryo,thereforeahigherpregnancyrate.Thisinvasiveapproachcanhavenegativeinfluencesondevelopmentoftheembryo.

PatientsthatareinterestedinNon-invasivePGTwillfirstcomeinforaconsultationwithDr.SamNajmabadi.OncethepatienthasstartedIVF,theICSItechniqueisusedtofertilizeaneggwithsperm.Wewillgrowtheembryotoblastocyst,thenonceitreachestheblastocyststagewecollecttheliquidfromthedishtheembryohasbeenculturedinandwetesttheliquid.Chromosomescreeningcanbedonewiththisliquidinsteadofbiopsyingtheembryo.

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