A few days ago Juan was introduced, the world's first baby born five months ago thanks to Embryoscope, a new method that is presented as the future of in vitro fertilization, by which the chances of pregnancy increase by 20 percent using this technique
His parents had been diagnosed with primary infertility of unknown origin and after undergoing three artificial inseminations without success they decided to try IVF (Valencian Institute of Infertility), where they had started working with Embryoscope.
It is an incubator that allows observing at all times, as if it were a cinema, the exact moment of division and oxygen consumption of the embryo, two variables necessary to determine which of them is the most viable to guarantee the success of fertilization. The great advantage of the method is that, unlike the traditional one, there is no need to manipulate the embryos and expose them to changes in light and temperature that could alter their development.
Embryoscope has been developed in Denmark after 10 years of research and allows you to track the evolution of all embryos at the same time and in real time during the first 72 hours.
He is constantly taking photographs every 10 or 15 minutes that are then compressed into a film to know the exact moment of cell division, which should occur between 25 and 30 hours after fertilization.
It is a fascinating and hopeful advance for parents who undergo in vitro fertilization, being able to see your chances of being parents increased by 20% thanks to this new incubator.
Another great advantage that comes with it, in addition to raising the chances of pregnancy, is that improving the selection would reduce the transfer of several embryos decreasing multiple pregnancies, one of the biggest drawbacks currently derived from in vitro fertilization.
