Will IVF Work For A Particular Patient? The Answer May Be Found In Her Blood
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… researchers have been able to identify genetic predictors of the potential success or failure of IVF treatment in blood.
… The researchers found that the peripheral blood gene expression ’signature’ (also known as the transcriptome) before IVF was predictive of IVF outcome.
One of the most difficult decisions for patients who have had unsuccessful IVF treatments is whether they should undergo further attempts at IVF, or if there are ways to optimise chances of success. The researchers hope that the results generated by this work will lead to the development of a test to aid in IVF decision-making. They say that their work will help to identity biomarkers that can identify events occurring at implantation, the maintenance of pregnancy and successful or unsuccessful pregnancy outcome.
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