Sentences with phrase «single blastocyst»

«Once this has been achieved,» he explains, «we will be seeing a new era of pre-implantation genetic diagnosis aimed at, identifying disease - free blastocysts, identifying developmentally competent blastocysts among a cohort developing in vitro and achieving single blastocyst transfer in order to avoid multiple births.»

Multiple pregnancy (twins, triplets, etc.) is associated with greatly increased risks of prematurity and very low birthweight, so the transfer of a single blastocyst in all patients was a vital improvement.

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This means transferring only a single embryo (usually a blastocyst).

We are striving very hard to limit the number of twins, and eliminate the occurrence of higher order multiples (see below) using techniques such as embryo selection and blastocyst transfers, and the introduction of «elective single embryo transfer».

While multiple studies have shown that the pregnancy rate is slightly lower when replacing a single embryo, as compared to 2, the pregnancy rate is still very high in a selected patient population (< 35 with extra blastocysts to freeze).

Also, it is recommended to use single embryo transfer in all situations if a top - quality blastocyst is available.

During the first week of fertilisation, the embryo grows from a single cell into a blastocyst, a hollow cluster of a few hundred cells.

The initial single cell combination is already dividing and by the time of entry into the uterus, the egg might have already reached the blastocyst stage.

Within a few days, that single cell divides over and over again until it forms a blastocyst, a hollow ball of 150 to 200 cells that give rise to every single cell type a human body needs to survive, including the umbilical cord and the placenta that nourishes the developing fetus.