| Malpani Infertility
Clinic is very pleased to be able to provide the facility
of PGD - preimplantation genetic diagnosis - the newest
ART for the first time in India. We are one of the few clinics
which offers this service in India, and have achieved
India's first pregnancy after PGD.
PGD, or preimplantation genetic diagnosis, is a new
technique, which marries the recent spectacular advances
in molecular genetics and assisted reproductive technology
(ART).
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis enables physicians
to identify genetic diseases in the embryo, prior to
implantation, before the pregnancy is established.
PGD was developed for patients who were at risk of having
children with serious genetic disorders, such as hemophilia,
which often discouraged them having their own biological
children. These couples are often faced with attempting
a type of "Russian Roulette" to have children,
many times having to confront the difficult decision
to terminate an affected pregnancy.
Consider a woman known to be carrying the gene for hemophilia.
She has a 50% risk of an affected male in each pregnancy.
While her daughters have a 50% risk of being carriers,
they are going to be clinically normal. She may not
wish to become pregnant if she has to make decisions
about an affected child in a viable pregnancy.
However, she would become pregnant if she knew she had
conceived a daughter -- and with preimplantation diagnosis
this possibility becomes a reality.
PGD thus eliminates the need for possible pregnancy
termination after prenatal diagnosis of a fetus with
hemophilia.
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