Archive for tag 'Embryo'. Page 1 of 1

  • 9th
    May
    2012

    Embryo Development to Improve your Chances of Pregnancy

    At Manchester Fertility Services one of the treatment options we offer is extended culture and blastocyst transfer which can help improve your chances of successful pregnancy.

    Extended culture is when our expert embryology team closely monitor the development of an embryo in our laboratory incubator, allowing it to develop for longer after fertilisation.

    These crucial extra days of monitoring allow us to select only those embryos which have a good chance of implanting and therefore a better ch...

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  • 21st
    Mar
    2011

    New IVF technique could mean the end for mitochondrial disease

    The HFEA is planning to review a new IVF technique which could mean the end of mitochondrial disease.

    Mitochondrial disease is incurable and causes a range of conditions including fatal heart problems and brain disorders. The disease – which can only be inherited from the mother – is caused by faulty mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondria is found in every cell in the body and provides the energy cells need to function.

    The new technique involves implanting the fertilised egg’s nucl...

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  • 5th
    Oct
    2010

    IVF breakthrough could help increase success rates

    Scientists in the US claim to have developed a way to identify which embryos are more viable than others, increasing the chances of successful pregnancy through IVF. In the study, scientists discovered three key features which are present in the most viable embryos – those which grew into blastocysts, which are embryos that have been allowed to develop in the lab for longer before being transferred into the uterus...

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  • 29th
    Sep
    2010

    Single embryo transfer - What does it mean for me?

    Your questions answered….all about single embryo transfer:

    I’m about to go through IVF, and I’ve read something about single embryo transfer. What does this mean?

    Single embryo transfer (SET) is when only one embryo is transferred for your IVF cycle, instead of two or three.

    Won’t this mean my chances of pregnancy are reduced?

    No. SET is considered only when you have a good prognosis of getting pregnant. By that, for example, we mean that you’re within a certai...

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  • 27th
    Apr
    2010

    Embryo Freezing and Frozen Embryo Transfer - What it means and Why it's done?

    Embryo freezing is an option if you’re undergoing IVF and wish to have more children in the future. It gives you the chance to give your child a biological sibling – known as a conceptual twin – in future years, without the need to go through the whole IVF process again. As such it avoids repeated ovarian stimulation, egg retrieval, sperm donation and fertilisation...

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  • 30th
    Mar
    2010

    Do new HFEA rules mean an end to IVF twins and triplets?

    The HFEA is aiming to reduce the number of multiple births following IVF with a new set of rules which come into force next month (April). Under new guidelines, clinics – whether private or NHS – will now be asked to help reduce the chance of having twins and triplets by only transferring one embryo per cycle...

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