In vitro fertilization (IVF) has emerged as the technology that could provide child to an infertile couple. This artificial reproduction has been a hope to the infertile couples across the world. The first test tube baby was born in England, in 1978. Since then millions of baby have been born as a result of this in vitro fertilization.
There have been continuous development in technology in almost all the field and so is the story of healthcare. A new technology has been developed in IVF which has the capability to record a series of images at regular intervals, known as time-lapse imaging. This new technology monitors the development of in vitro fertilization embryos before they are implanted in the womb.
As per the data of UK public health authorities, only 24% of IVF implanted in women are born well and alive. This scenario is similar for almost rest of the world but this new IVF technology is likely to shoot up the birth rate up to 74%. This new technology will help researchers to identify the embryo that has high risk of abnormal chromosomes, called "aneuploidy”. This chromosome lowers the chance of implantation thereby lowering the chance of healthy live birth. Thus, by overcoming the implantation discrepancies the doctors will be easily able to implant IVF in a woman and may have the higher chance of successful implantation.
By using the time-lapse cameras, the researchers could identify that which embryos were at risk of aneuploidy, thus it will help them to choose the one best suited for implantation. This new technique holds high hope for the infertile couples and will bring a new revolution in the medical field in the coming years.
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