In California, fertility specialists are trying out a new method of checking embryos’ development and potential in order to increase the odds of long-term success via IVF treatment.
Using specialized time-lapse photography, the fertility specialists were able to examine the rate of cell divisions in embryos. Using the photos, they could determine which embryos would survive for six days with an impressive success rate of 90%.
The California fertility specialists‘ findings were reported in the journal Nature Biotechnology and will no doubt be a source of many new developments over the coming months and years. (As an aside, the study examined the development of 242 embryos, an acceptable number from which to gather information.)
Though this technique of gauging IVF treatment success is still in its “infancy”, it holds promising possibilities, as it may have the potential to double the odds of conceiving for infertile individuals and couples. It also holds the key to limiting the number of multiple births because the strongest embryos can be chosen before implantation.
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