{"id":378,"date":"2022-03-05T12:12:12","date_gmt":"2022-03-05T10:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dimitropoulos-ivf.gr\/?page_id=378"},"modified":"2026-05-04T10:51:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T07:51:20","slug":"embryo-testing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dimitropoulos-ivf.gr\/en\/embryo-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"EMBRYO TESTING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Embryos created through in vitro fertilization\u00a0<strong>(IVF)<\/strong>\u00a0or intra \u2013 cytoplasmic injection\u00a0<strong>(ICSI),<\/strong>\u00a0can be tested for certain inherited conditions or abnormalities before they are transferred to the uterus. This helps to ensure that only unaffected embryos are put uterus during treatment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pre \u2013 implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD)<\/strong>\u00a0enables people with an inheritable condition in their family to avoid passing it to their children. It involves checking the genes and \/ or chromosomes of embryos created through IVF.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pre \u2013 implantation genetic screening (PGS)<\/strong>\u00a0involves checking the chromosomes of embryos conceiving by IVF or ICSI for common abnormalities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PGS is recommended in:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Women over 35 years old<br \/>\n\u2022 Family history of chromosome problems<br \/>\n\u2022 History of recurrent miscarriages<br \/>\n\u2022 Several unsuccessful cycles of IVF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Embryos created through in vitro fertilization\u00a0(IVF)\u00a0or intra \u2013 cytoplasmic injection\u00a0(ICSI),\u00a0can be tested for certain inherited conditions or abnormalities before they are transferred to the uterus. This helps to ensure that only unaffected embryos are put uterus during treatment. Pre \u2013 implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD)\u00a0enables people with an inheritable condition in their family to avoid passing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":715,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"english-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-378","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dimitropoulos-ivf.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dimitropoulos-ivf.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dimitropoulos-ivf.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dimitropoulos-ivf.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dimitropoulos-ivf.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dimitropoulos-ivf.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":386,"href":"https:\/\/www.dimitropoulos-ivf.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/378\/revisions\/386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dimitropoulos-ivf.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dimitropoulos-ivf.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}