Moving beyond PGT – A and PGT – M, for the 1st time in Malaysia, Alpha IVF & Women’s Specialists now offers Preimplantation Genetic Testing for HLA Typing to be done concurrently on a single platform with PGT – A and PGT – M. This test is done to help parents conceive a child who is a tissue (HLA) match with their older sibling – who may be suffering from a life-threatening blood disorder and the only cure is bone marrow or cord blood stem cell transplantation.
PGT HLA matching is used to identify embryos that are HLA compatible with a child who needs of bone marrow or cord blood transplant. PGT – HLA seeks to harvest and use stem cells in the umbilical cord blood, which is otherwise considered medical waste of the newly born child.
The child (or future sibling) of such tissue is often called “Savior Sibling”.
PGT – HLA may be helpful if couple have a child with :
- Life – limiting blood disorder like beta thalassaemia major, Fanconi’s anaemia or Diamond-Blackfan anaemia; and
- No suitable family donor available, and unrelated donor may not be suitable.
The team at Alpha IVF & Women’s Specialists performed the first-ever Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis in Malaysia in 2006 and is now a national leader.
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