New study suggests that PGD can reduce the odds for a successful pregnancy

Keepercjr · Jan 9, 2008

I'm posting this article not as a deterrent or a negative, but just to provide info.

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"Screening unborn children for genetic defects appears to reduce the chances of a healthy pregnancy and live birth, new research suggests.

The findings, published in the current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, suggest that checking embryos before using them in in vitro fertilization, and implanting the ones that seem more genetically and structurally healthy, may actually lead to lower rates of pregnancy. "

Keepercjr · Jan 9, 2008

I'm posting this article not as a deterrent or a negative, but just to provide info.

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">http://abcnews.go.com/Health/S...=3344846&page=1
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Here are the first 2 paragraphs:

"Screening unborn children for genetic defects appears to reduce the chances of a healthy pregnancy and live birth, new research suggests.

The findings, published in the current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, suggest that checking embryos before using them in in vitro fertilization, and implanting the ones that seem more genetically and structurally healthy, may actually lead to lower rates of pregnancy. "

Keepercjr · Jan 9, 2008

I'm posting this article not as a deterrent or a negative, but just to provide info.

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Story?id=3344846&page=1
">http://abcnews.go.com/Health/S...=3344846&page=1
</a>

Here are the first 2 paragraphs:

"Screening unborn children for genetic defects appears to reduce the chances of a healthy pregnancy and live birth, new research suggests.

The findings, published in the current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, suggest that checking embryos before using them in in vitro fertilization, and implanting the ones that seem more genetically and structurally healthy, may actually lead to lower rates of pregnancy. "

Keepercjr · Jan 9, 2008

I'm posting this article not as a deterrent or a negative, but just to provide info.

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Story?id=3344846&page=1
">http://abcnews.go.com/Health/S...=3344846&page=1
</a>

Here are the first 2 paragraphs:

"Screening unborn children for genetic defects appears to reduce the chances of a healthy pregnancy and live birth, new research suggests.

The findings, published in the current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, suggest that checking embryos before using them in in vitro fertilization, and implanting the ones that seem more genetically and structurally healthy, may actually lead to lower rates of pregnancy. "

Keepercjr · Jan 9, 2008

I'm posting this article not as a deterrent or a negative, but just to provide info.

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Story?id=3344846&page=1
">http://abcnews.go.com/Health/S...=3344846&page=1
</a>

Here are the first 2 paragraphs:

"Screening unborn children for genetic defects appears to reduce the chances of a healthy pregnancy and live birth, new research suggests.

The findings, published in the current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, suggest that checking embryos before using them in in vitro fertilization, and implanting the ones that seem more genetically and structurally healthy, may actually lead to lower rates of pregnancy. "

soofeesmom · Jan 10, 2008