Did you know that at PGD Labs Kuwait's Genetics Medical Laboratory, we give you the possibility to choose the gender of your baby? Preimplantation genetic testing (known before as PGD) is performed on embryos during the IVF treatment and allows...
Would be a boy or a girl? is one of the most frequent questions among future parents. Nowadays it is possible to choose the gender thanks to PGD gender selection procedure. Sex selection during the embryo stage can be done for...
Kuwait stands out for being one of the countries with a significant number of families formed by blood-relatives, such as weddings among first or second cousins. Therefore they are sharing a common family lineage. As we discussed in the previous article,...
Marriage and conception between blood relatives is one of the practices that most influences the emergence of certain hereditary genetic disorders, as well as child morbidity and mortality Consanguinity is the quality of being descended from the same ancestor as another...
Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) is a screening method that allows the detection of the most common chromosomal disorders in the foetus during gestation. During pregnancy, small pieces of foetal DNA flow in the mother’s blood.. Unlike most part of the DNA...
It is estimated that 30% to 45% of the cases in which a couple is unable to reach pregnancy is due to factors exclusively attributable to the male (male factor). Most of the cases are relate to a bad or...
There are many reasons why couples turn to Fertility Clinics: fertility problems, the need to undergo genetic testing or other health issues that prevent them from conceiving. Whichever the reason, Fertility Clinics offer patients the chance to conceive a baby...
If you have ever considered how fertility levels are detected or studied in women and men with infertility tests, today we will resolve those doubts. The truth is that there are multiple ways to carry out a test that determines...
There are many myths about infertility. Some are told once and again between couples, and even transmitted from one generation to another, coming to be accepted truths. That is why it is so important to know the facts and differentiate...
Infertility is a complex disease and can be caused by different factors including ovulation defects, spermatogenic failure, parental age, obesity, infections, uterine abnormalities, endometriosis and genetic abnormalities. The role of genetics in the reproductive process it's very important. Genetic infertility causes can...
