International medical service provides more convenience to the patients
11/21/2016 11:15:00 PM
To have better medical
service than home country, medical tourism has become a more popular word. For
example, Asian patients with cancer or cardiovascular diseases would go to Japan
or other developed countries for the advanced treatments. In the realm of
reproductive medicine, the condition for patients who need donated oocytes is different.
Since the law restricted the oocyte donation in Japan, patients must find a
solution overseas.
The assisted reproductive technology
has been developed around one decade in Taiwan. In 2007, the oocyte donation was
allowed in Taiwan by the authority decree, and the oocyte cryopreservation for
social reason as well. For patients with authorized marriage certificate, they
can take the oocyte-donation program if the
wife's ovarian reserve displayed significant diminished, because taking more
IVF cycles seems inefficient.
The secret of age—maternal age and embryo aneuploidy
11/08/2016 05:05:00 PM
The chromosomal abnormality (aneuploidy)
rate increases with maternal age.
By analyzing with next-generation sequencing, more precise information can be obtained.
Preimplantation genetic screening (PGS) is an examination to screen the embryos with abnormal dosage of
chromosomes (aneuploid) in the IVF realm, and it is strongly recommended to the
women with advanced maternal age or undergoing recurrent miscarriage. By
excluding the aneuploid embryo transfer, the success rate of IVF can be
significantly improved.