Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) is performed to identify inherited genetic diseases in an embryo when one or both parents carry a genetic disorder, helping to prevent its transmission to the future child.
Thanks to the care, expertise, and technology of our specialists, the first healthy children in Latvia born to parents with hemophilia through the use of PGD were delivered as early as 2012.
Advantages of PGD
- PGD helps couples when one of the parents has an inherited genetic disorder, reducing the risk of passing it on to their child.
- PGD can be performed for the majority of inherited monogenic diseases. Monogenic diseases are disorders caused by a mutation in a single gene.
- PGD has an accuracy rate of more than 98%.
- Only embryos without the tested genetic abnormalities are selected for embryo transfer.
When is PGD recommended?
Indications for PGD:
- Increased genetic risk in the family (chromosomal abnormalities or diagnosed inherited diseases in one or both parents).
- Prospective parents already have a child with a genetic disorder.
- A history of multiple unsuccessful IVF cycles.
- Recurrent spontaneous miscarriages (habitual/recurrent pregnancy loss), especially when pregnancy loss occurred at an early stage.
- The woman is over 35 years of age.