What is Cytoplasmic Transfer?
The procedure of Cytoplasmic Transfer itself involves using the cytoplasm of a young fertile egg donor to rejuvenate the patient’s eggs. This fertile donated cytoplasm is rich in factors essential for the sustainable development and implantation of the embryo. Injecting this “fertile” cytoplasm into the patient’s egg provides the embryo with a source of energy that is often all that is needed for better embryo development and implantation.
One of the main advantages of Cytoplasmic Transfer is that it neither harms nor modifies the DNA structure of the egg’s collected from the receiving patient as the core of the oocytes collected from the receiving patient are retained. Since the mitochondria are replaced with a healthier mitochondria from a donor, your eggs are given the ideal conditions to develop.
In other words, the nucleus of your eggs are placed into a healthier environment (Ooplasm) to have an increased possibility of fertilization and ability to develop into the last stage of “embryo” before implantation.
We recommend Cytoplasmic Transfer to patients:
- Who had repeated miscarriage
- Who had suffering from mitochondrial disorders
- With low egg/ovarian reserve
Cytoplasmic Transfer is a procedure that can be used alongside IVF and ICSI treatments. Its main purpose is to help those women who suffer from infertility because they have damaged or deficient mitochondria within the cytoplasm of the egg.
Which patients can benefit from this the most?
Older women who have come for IVF treatment and don’t want to use donor eggs because they want a biological link to their baby. Cytoplasmic transfer gives those patients a chance, without using donor eggs.
For further information and guidance, please contact one of our coordinators.
