What are PGD and PGS?
IVF technology has given a ray of hope to many couples enabling them to have their biological child. With cutting-edge techniques, advanced equipments and dedicated lab personnel, the technology ensures better clinical results. A couple taking fertility treatment, such as IVF , may be advised by their fertility doctor to have their embryos undergo genetic testing, before they are transferred into the uterus. The two tests conducted on embryos for genetic defects are: · Preimplantation genetic diagnosis ( PGD ) · Preimplantation Genetic Screening ( PGS ) After the tests, only the embryos free of genetic abnormalities are transferred into the uterus. What is PGD? PGD is a sort of screening done to detect genes linked to specific diseases. If either the man or the woman has a family history of a hereditary disease, this test can help ensure that the child born out of IVF will not ...
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