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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-5-20
pubmed:abstractText
The vast majority of embryos produced in vitro and transferred fail to develop into an infant, supporting the concept that only a small fraction of embryos is destined to become a live birth. One of the main reasons for such a low embryo-to-infant ratio is the remarkably high number of embryos that after preimplantation genetic diagnosis are found to have a chromosome imbalance. This study reports the overall biological wastage from oocytes inseminated to ongoing pregnancies in patients undergoing preimplantation genetic screening (PGS) because of advanced age, recurrent pregnancy losses or multiple failed IVF cycles. The analysis of biological wastage per oocyte showed that in this cohort of patients, of 333 eggs inseminated, 183 (55.0%) provided embryos for biopsy, and of these, only 33 (18.0% per embryo and 9.9% per oocyte) were normal. A total of 26 embryos were suitable for transfer (14% per embryo and 7.8% per oocyte), but only five (1.5%) implanted and three (1.0%) resulted in live births. In conclusion, there is enormous biological wastage during assisted reproduction, and the data obtained from both embryos and oocytes of patients undergoing PGS support the concept that many embryos and eggs obtained during IVF are intrinsically abnormal and thus fail to implant.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1472-6491
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2007 Reproductive Healthcare Ltd, Duck End Farm, Dry Drayton, Cambridge CB23 8DB, UK. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
14 Spec No 1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
23-6
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
High rate of biological loss in assisted reproduction: it is in the seed, not in the soil.
pubmed:affiliation
Yale University Fertility Centre, 150 Sargent Drive, New Haven, CT 06511, USA. pasquale.patrizio@yale.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article