Tests put IVF at risk
(sz) A new study has found genetic screening for older women undergoing IVF may actually cut the chance of a successful pregnancy.
Pre-implantation genetic screening (PGS) is widely used overseas and its popularity has grown in Australia with older couples desperate for a child.
Netherlands scientists found in a study of 408 women it does not reduce the risk of miscarriages and can lead to an increase.
The findings have been supported by the Australian IVF Clinic in Sydney, which has been reluctant to endorse PGS for fear it could harm the embryo. The technique involves taking a cell from an embryo and checking it for chromosome abnormalities. more…
From: »The Daily Telegraph« (Australia)