Ruth Institute Blog

Jared Yee, BioEdge

A new method of embryonic screening could double women’s chances of selecting an embryo with the best chances of developing into a baby.

Comparative genomic hybridisation (CGH) is a marked improvement over previous screening methods, writes Tony Rutherford, chairman of the British Fertility Society, in the London Times because it can weed out more potentially unsuccessful embryos. CGH uses cutting-edge vitrification techniques to freeze embryos at least 5 days old (known as blastocysts). They then extract a number of cells in order to find the exact number of chromosomes. Read more…

Charlie Butts – OneNewsNow

The National Embryo Donation Center has received federal grants to educate the public.

Much of the public is unaware that stored embryos can be adopted. Center spokesman Dr. Jeffrey Keenan tells OneNewsNow the first grant will be used to remedy that problem. Read more…