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Study examines preimplantation genetic diagnosis to reduce multiple births.
2004 JUN 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- On the heels of a new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine noting a nationwide reduction in the occurrence of multiple births in women undergoing in-vitro fertilization (IVF), a grant for a new study by Genesis Network for Reproductive Health has been announced.
The study falls inline with the president's Council on Bioethics recommendations to limit the number of embryos transferred. Led by Genesis Network, a group of independents fertility specialists, the study will soon be underway that is expected to advance the recent findings and increase pregnancy success rates by implanting the healthiest embryo(s).
The study, entitled "Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis as a Tool to Lower Multifetal Pregnancy Rates," is the world's first study established to investigate the role that Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) combined with in-vitro fertilization (IVF), will play in reducing the occurrence of multiple births (multifetal pregnancies) while increasing pregnancy success ...
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