Ending IVF Mistakes
After a series of In Vitro Fertilization mix-ups and embryo issues at various fertility clinics in the UK, fertility experts feel they may have come up with a viable solution. Cryogenic chips have the potential to end such mistakes. The chip would be an electronic ID tag implanted in the frozen embryo, this would hopefully eliminate the chances of embryo mix-ups.
NewScientist, "As a sample moves through the IVF process, the ID code of every container it is placed in is logged, providing a secure ID audit trail. So, in theory, only sperm and eggs from the right couples can be brought together, and the resulting embryos will be implanted into the right woman."
With a large number of patients starting the trend of freezing embryos the chances and possibility for mix-ups may be quite high. The couples who were inseminated with the wrong embryo were forced to aborted their pregnancy, this would hopefully remove the chances of such mistakes.
Posted by Tala on 6/25/2009 4:32:39 PM
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