by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Nov 14, 2023 | Blastocysts, Embryo, Embryo Transfer, Genetically Testing IVF Embryos, NGS, PGS, Preimplantation
Human embryo development is a marvel of intricate processes, including reprogramming, sequential cleavage divisions, mitotic chromosome segregation, and embryonic genome activation. However, the journey towards a successful pregnancy is not without its challenges, as...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Oct 3, 2023 | Cost, Cost of IVF Treatment, Egg Banking, egg competency, Egg Donation, Egg Freezing, Embryo Transfer, Fertility Preservation, Financial, In Vitro Fertilization, IVF
For more than 50 years, scientists have been working to perfect the art of freezing and storing a woman’s eggs, also known as “egg banking”. Although there have been challenges, the progress has been both amazing and promising. Since the birth of the first...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Jul 24, 2023 | Assisted reproductive technology, Cost, Donor, Egg Banking, Egg Donation, Embryo Transfer, IVF, IVF Genetic Screening, PGS
Egg donation is when a woman donates her eggs for assisted reproduction or research purposes. In assisted reproduction, it usually involves using IVF technology, where the eggs are fertilized in a lab. Unfertilized eggs can also be frozen for future use. Egg donation...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Dec 8, 2022 | Egg Donation, Egg Quality, Embryo Incompetency, Embryo Transfer, Fertility, Infertility, IVF, IVF for older women
Consider the fact that at age 40-43 years, the birth rate per cycle of treatment with injectible fertility drugs alone, or in combination with intrauterine insemination (IUI) is about 2% and 10-15 times higher with IVF performed in an IVF program of excellence. It...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Jan 24, 2020 | Embryo Transfer
A “competent” embryo is one that is chromosomally, genetically and metabolically capable of propagating a viable conceptus in-utero. Such an embryo will have the same chance of resulting in a baby whether it is transferred cleaved( on day 2,3,4) or as a blastocyst...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Nov 20, 2018 | Embryo Transfer
“I am in full agreement with researchers at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom who following a recent published a report on their observation that FET enhances IVF outcome, stated that this could represent one of the most “exciting” IVF revelations of the...
