ALL embryos created by IVF or ICSI should be screened for chromosomal abnormalities before implantation. So claimed IVF pioneer Robert Edwards and embryo-screening expert Yuri Verlinsky at a press conference in London last week to open a meeting on pre-implantation genetics.
Edwards led the team responsible for the birth of Louise Brown, the first test-tube baby, in 1978. Verlinsky is president and CEO of the Reproductive Genetics Institute in Chicago, a leading provider of pre-implantation screening services. The pair argue that screening not only avoids the transfer of many embryos that will fail to implant, but also reduces the risk…
