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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Pre-genetic diagnosis - Ensuring a healthy IVF pregnancy

Infertility treatment can be a difficult procedure emotionally and physically. Patients who conceive through successful infertility treatment cycles want to be sure that the pregnancy and baby will be healthy.

Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis allows couples to prevent genetic diseases being inherited by children. Many couples seek fertility treatment to prevent inherited genetic diseases being passed down to their children. Before the development of pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, patients who wanted to avoid their children inheriting diseases had to rely on the use of sperm and egg donation. PGD helps patients become biological parents without the risk of severe inherited disease.

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