What are the results of PGD of aneuploidy?
PGD of aneuploidy can be used to reduce the chance of miscarriage. In a group of IVF patients at IRMS at Saint Barnabas, matched for maternal age, number of previous IVF cycles and response to fertility drugs, there was a significant 68% reduction in the rate of miscarriages in the group that underwent PGD compared to the group that did not (the control group). The control group experienced a 40% miscarriage rate while the PGD group experienced a 13% miscarriage rate. Other benefits of PGD of aneuploidy: less Down’s syndrome, improved pregnancy rates and lower rates of high order multiple births. The rate of Down’s syndrome and other abnormal pregnancies is also significantly reduced by PGD. In addition, in patients undergoing IVF, PGD for aneuploidy may improve the chance of conception by increasing embryo implantation rates. It is thought that PGD improves the process of selecting embryos for transfer, allowing embryologists to choose embryos most likely to result in a normal pregnan
