PGD serves to prevent certain genetic diseases or disorders from being passed on to the child. This is also the process used to select the

Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) is a procedure used prior to implantation of embryos created in an IVF procedure into the womb to help identify genetic

Gender selection in conjunction with an IVF procedure can be done in a controlled laboratory setting. Several days after fertilization of the patient’s eggs in

The following problems can be associated with sex chromosome abnormalities in infants born from ICSI: Heart problems for affected infants that may require surgery Increased

Fertilization rates of 70 to 80 percent of all eggs injected – equivalent to fertilization with normal sperm – are currently being achieved, and pregnancy

The fertilized egg (embryo), after several days of development and growth, is transferred into the womb in the same way as an IVF cycle.  

ICSI is used if the sperm is unlikely to fertilize an egg naturally. Meaning that for sperm with abnormal motility or morphology (difficult male factor

In an IVF procedure eggs are placed with prepared sperm in culture media within a laboratory dish. The sperm will naturally penetrate the egg leading

An artificial insemination procedure in which a single isolated sperm cell is placed into a single isolated egg by penetrating the outer coatings of the

Since this procedure only increases the chances of conception, the resulting embryo is not examined and no post conception selection takes place.