VOCABULARY IN ASSISTED REPRODUCTION (PART 1)

VOCABULARY IN ASSISTED REPRODUCTION (PART 1)

Assisted reproduction is a broad field with terminology that patients must learn to understand all the processes involved in their treatment. If you already started treatment or plan to go through one, this article can help you to understand some of the basic concepts...
MATCHMAKING BASED ON BLOOD GROUP

MATCHMAKING BASED ON BLOOD GROUP

When a couple comes to Manzanera Fertility Clinic and it is decided that they need to opt for the gametes of a donor (oocytes, sperm, or both of them), the major worry of the couple is the physical similarity of the future child with them. As determined by the current...
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IN REPRODUCTION

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IN REPRODUCTION

It is believed that environmental factors may create toxic environments which can affect reproduction. The possible outcomes can be bad functioning of gonads (ovaries and testicles), genital malformations, endometriosis, formation of fibroids in the uterus, premature...
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN INVASIVE AND NON-INVASIVE PGD

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN INVASIVE AND NON-INVASIVE PGD

Technologies advance rapidly – all of us can observe that daily. These advances do not escape the assisted reproduction field either. One of the techniques which evolved the most in the past few years is the preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD). It consists of the...