Method of Preimplantation Diagnosis
For preimplantation diagnosis to happen, the patient undergoes IVF cycle, embryos are produced and either at the stage of 8 cells (3rd day) or at the stage of blastocyst (5th day) the embryos are biopsied. During biopsy, some cells are removed from the embryos and are sent for genetic analysis. In…
Carriers of a pathological gene
There are couples where one or even sometimes both are carriers of a pathological gene, whose expression in the foetus can lead to the appearance of a significant disease. Some of the most common such diseases are diseases like Mediterranean anaemia, Cystic fibrosis, Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) and many others.…