Fast improving techniques for detecting genetic and chromosomal abnormalities via preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) may boost the success rate of in vitro fertilization (IVF). Some clinics ...

How can prospective parents ensure that they will have a healthy baby? Prenatal testing can provide parents with information about their child’s genetic identity. Chorionic villus sampling (CVS ...

Baylor College of Medicine offers preimplantation genetic testing, or PGT, to test embryos conceived through in vitro fertilization (IVF) for certain genetic conditions. PGT is an option available to ...

In most cases, a diagnosis of NF1 is ... preparing for prenatal testing or pre-implantation diagnosis Distinguishing NF1 from other conditions such as Legius syndrome in children with multiple cafe-au ...

A single cell is removed from each embryo of an in vitro developing cohort, and diagnostic genetic testing is performed on the cells. As many as three unaffected embryos are then transferred to ...