Genetic diagnostics
Genetic diagnostics of future parents, preimplantation embryo screening and fetal genetic testing performed at the IVMED clinic help to increase the chances of a successful pregnancy and the birth of a healthy child.
In addition, genetic diagnostics can determine the causes of infertility, identify chromosomal and hereditary diseases in parents that can be transmitted to the child.
During IVF, it helps to identify embryo pathologies before implantation in order to select the most promising embryo for transfer to the uterus and, thereby, increase the chances of a successful pregnancy and the birth of a healthy child.
Indications for use
infertility, chromosomal abnormalities, experience in hazardous industries. Also, genetic diagnostics are required if one of the partners has previously had a child with a chromosomal abnormality.
- age from 37 years;
- if there were miscarriages in the first trimester of pregnancy;
- if you have been treated with drugs that can affect the reproductive system before planning a pregnancy;
- if there was a frozen pregnancy, unsuccessful IVF attempts.
In case of severe disorders of spermatogenesis:
- oligosperm;
- asthenospermia;
- teratozoospermia;
- azoospermia.
Types of genetic diagnostics
Before pregnancy
Detection of abnormalities in the structure and number of chromosomes
Diagnosis of hereditary predisposition to cancer
Detecting genetic mutations, determining the risk of developing diseases
Compatibility of future parents by antigens
Identify the family’s ethnic origin, geographic roots and migration routes
In the first weeks of pregnancy
Determination of aneuploidies at an early stage of pregnancy (starting from the 9th week). The material for the study is the blood of a pregnant woman.
Prenatal diagnostics (after 17 weeks of pregnancy)
Whole-genome sequencing is a method that allows you to study mutations in human genes.
The goal of a complete exome sequencing (exome is the “coding” part of the genome) is to try to find the genetic cause of the signs and symptoms you or your child have.
Preimplantation diagnostics (embryo screening in IVF)
Fluorescence in situ hybridization. This is a quantitative research method for determining deviations in the number of chromosomes (sex chromosomes X and Y, chromosomes 13, 18, 21). It allows to determine the sex of the embryo.
Comparative genomic hybridization. Provides an opportunity to analyze the full set of embryo chromosomes
Polymerase chain reaction. Helps to diagnose monogenic pathology, select the embryo by HLA genotype, determine the Rh factor of the embryo
Genome sequencing of the “new” generation. Provides information on the set of chromosomes, reveals karyotype imbalance, which will help to identify serious genetic abnormalities
FISH method for 5 chromosomes (13, 18, 21, X, Y) is a molecular cytogenetic test that allows for the determination of quantitative chromosomal abnormalities associated with the most common genetic disorders in cells of an embryo that has stopped its development (degraded).
Determining the causes of miscarriage
Genetic testing of the aborted material (karyotyping and FISH analysis) will help determine the causes of pregnancy pathologies.
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