Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- PART I PHYSIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION
- PART II INFERTILITY EVALUATION AND TREATMENT
- PART III ASSISTED REPRODUCTION
- 38 Medical Strategies to Improve ART Outcome: Current Evidence
- 39 Surgical Preparation of the Patient for In Vitro Fertilization
- 40 IVF in the Medically Complicated Patient
- 41 Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and IVF
- 42 Endometriosis and Assisted Reproductive Technology
- 43 Evidence-Based Medicine Comparing hMG/FSH and Agonist/Antagonist and rec/Urinary hCG/LH/GnRH to Trigger Ovulation
- 44 Luteal Phase Support in Assisted Reproduction
- 45 Thrombophilia and Implanation Failure
- 46 Intrauterine Insemination
- 47 The Prediction and Management of Poor Responders in ART
- 48 Oocyte Donation
- 49 In Vitro Maturation of Human Oocytes
- 50 Oocyte and Embryo Freezing
- 51 Cryopreservation of Male Gametes
- 52 The Management of Azoospermia
- 53 Spermatid Injection: Current Status
- 54 Optimizing Embryo Transfer
- 55 Single Embryo Transfer
- 56 Blastocyst Transfer
- 57 Clinical Significance of Embryo Multinucleation
- 58 Quality and Risk Management in the IVF Laboratory
- 59 The Nurse and REI
- 60 Understanding Factors That Influence the Assessment of Outcomes in Assisted Reproductive Technologies
- 61 The Revolution of Assisted Reproductive Technologies: How Traditional Chinese Medicine Impacted Reproductive Outcomes in the Treatment of Infertile Couples
- 62 Complications of Assisted Reproductive Technology
- 63 Ectopic and Heterotopic Pregnancies Following in Vitro Fertilization
- 64 The Impact of Oxidative Stress on Female Reproduction and ART: An Evidence-Based Review
- 65 PGD for Chromosomal Anomalies
- 66 Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis for Single-Gene Disorders
- 67 Epigenetics and ART
- 68 Congenital Anomalies and Assisted Reproductive Technology
- PART IV ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN FERTILITY AND ASSISTED REPRODUCTION
- Index
- Plate section
- References
66 - Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis for Single-Gene Disorders
from PART III - ASSISTED REPRODUCTION
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- PART I PHYSIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION
- PART II INFERTILITY EVALUATION AND TREATMENT
- PART III ASSISTED REPRODUCTION
- 38 Medical Strategies to Improve ART Outcome: Current Evidence
- 39 Surgical Preparation of the Patient for In Vitro Fertilization
- 40 IVF in the Medically Complicated Patient
- 41 Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and IVF
- 42 Endometriosis and Assisted Reproductive Technology
- 43 Evidence-Based Medicine Comparing hMG/FSH and Agonist/Antagonist and rec/Urinary hCG/LH/GnRH to Trigger Ovulation
- 44 Luteal Phase Support in Assisted Reproduction
- 45 Thrombophilia and Implanation Failure
- 46 Intrauterine Insemination
- 47 The Prediction and Management of Poor Responders in ART
- 48 Oocyte Donation
- 49 In Vitro Maturation of Human Oocytes
- 50 Oocyte and Embryo Freezing
- 51 Cryopreservation of Male Gametes
- 52 The Management of Azoospermia
- 53 Spermatid Injection: Current Status
- 54 Optimizing Embryo Transfer
- 55 Single Embryo Transfer
- 56 Blastocyst Transfer
- 57 Clinical Significance of Embryo Multinucleation
- 58 Quality and Risk Management in the IVF Laboratory
- 59 The Nurse and REI
- 60 Understanding Factors That Influence the Assessment of Outcomes in Assisted Reproductive Technologies
- 61 The Revolution of Assisted Reproductive Technologies: How Traditional Chinese Medicine Impacted Reproductive Outcomes in the Treatment of Infertile Couples
- 62 Complications of Assisted Reproductive Technology
- 63 Ectopic and Heterotopic Pregnancies Following in Vitro Fertilization
- 64 The Impact of Oxidative Stress on Female Reproduction and ART: An Evidence-Based Review
- 65 PGD for Chromosomal Anomalies
- 66 Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis for Single-Gene Disorders
- 67 Epigenetics and ART
- 68 Congenital Anomalies and Assisted Reproductive Technology
- PART IV ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN FERTILITY AND ASSISTED REPRODUCTION
- Index
- Plate section
- References
Summary
Although preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) was first reported more than thirty years ago by Robert G. Edwards and his colleagues when they managed to identify the sex of rabbit blastocysts, it was not until later in the 1980s when PGD of human embryos was extensively investigated. In 1990, Alan Handyside reported the birth of healthy females after sex selection using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to amplify a Y chromosome repeat sequence to exclude male embryos (1).
Further advancements in the arena of IVF, micromanipulation, and DNA technology led to remarkable progress in the field of PGD. It is now an established clinical option in reproductive medicine and has already helped couples all over the world to conceive healthy children. Based on the 186 responses from IVF centers in the United States to a survey by the Genetics and Public Policy Center at Johns Hopkins University in 2006, PGD was reported to be provided by nearly three-quarters of these IVF clinics and it is estimated that 4–6 percent of all their IVF cycles include PGD (2). Many international bodies have strived to come up with evidence-based protocols for the procedure, including the American Society of Reproductive Medicine, the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology, and the PGD International Society. In the absence of wide, randomized controlled trials, most of the recommendations that these international bodies came up with are considered general guidelines based on clinical experience and published data (3–8).
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- Infertility and Assisted Reproduction , pp. 657 - 676Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2008