Genetic Profiling Could Improve IVF Success

March 30, 2018

(Medical Xpress) – Genetic profiling could help determine whether an embryo created through in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) is likely to successfully transfer to the womb, increasing the success rate of the procedure. It’s part of a field of work looking at the role of genetics in fertility. “Understanding why some people do not have children, and developing treatments for them is extremely important,” said Joris Vermeesch, professor of molecular cytogenetics and genome research at KU Leuven in Belgium. “People sometimes spend years of their life trying to get pregnant, and it doesn’t work.”