Montserrat Palahi Bages
program lecturer, Lab director, FullGenomics
How to improve the chance of healthy offspring has
been the aim of fertility clinics since the beginning,
such as by improving embryo culture methods, embryo
scores and of course, genetic testing of the embryos.
Performing a karyotype on the future parents has been
demonstrated a very powerful tool to diagnose couples
with recurrent miscarriages, the DGP testing on
embryos also helped them to get pregnancies without
chromosome imbalances. In the last decade carrier
screening has become another powerful tool to reduce
the chance of affected offspring even when no previous
disease has been identified on the family. In this course,
we will review the genetic tests available, the situations
in which they can be applied and the expected results in
order to facilitate their recommendation according to
the patient’s needs.