New ECO - only healthy children

Couples, unsuccessfully trying to conceive, it is now an excellent chance to realize the dream. Scientists have developed a new test during IVF, which allows you to select only the healthiest embryos.

In the UK alone every seventh couple is having difficulty conceiving, and 5% of unsuccessful attempts to continue for more than two years. Currently, only 29% of women under 35 give birth to a child with a IVF And with age, this percentage has steadily declined.

But Australian scientists have developed the latest technology which accurately tracks the way the degree of health Embryo . It allows doctors to choose the healthiest Embryos   for transplantation, which significantly increases the chances of a successful conception. The honor of this discovery belongs to scientists from the University of Melbourne.

They studied the consumption of glucose embryos   at the time of their growth in the laboratory and on this indicator recovered most healthy specimens. "By measuring the glucose level in the third or fourth day after fertilization, we can determine how much glucose is consumed embryos - Said the head of the research team, Professor Gardner. - Received a definite proof that the higher the level of glucose consumption, the healthier   embryo ".

In the study, 50 patients were IVF . Two-thirds of them subsequently become pregnant, were born 28 children. And all of these children developed by Embryo , Has the highest level of consumption of glucose. As you know, glucose is the main "fuel" that provides the division and reproduction of cells, which directly affects the health of the embryo.

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