The Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Genetic Testing, pioneer in embryo genetic testing and sex selection

The Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Genetic Testing, a Los Angeles-based company, is focused on the combination of reproductive medicine and genetic testing. Our primary goal is to prevent the transmission of genetic conditions, that cause severe disease in children of parents that are either afflicted with the disease or are carriers, using a breakthrough technology called Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis - PGD.

Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis signals the beginning of an end for many genetic diseases. Using PGD we now have the means to remove a single cell from a developing embryo and test it for a genetic abnormality, implanting only healthy embryos. The result will be the significant reduction and possibly the eradication of a genetic disease from affected families.

Our Institute was founded in January 2001 by Jaroslav J. Marik, MD, the medical director since 1971 of The Tyler Medical Clinic, one of the most noted and respected infertility clinics in the nation; and Jerry L. Hall, PhD, director of the Center for Reproductive Research and Testing in Maryland, an institution that has been involved in the research of human and animal husbandry.

We also count with the partnership of the Genetic Resources Medical Group, formerly DNA Dynamics, a Los Angeles-based company providing patients with genetic counseling; the UCLA Department of Medical Genetics and Molecular Pathology that has contributed immensely to the development of the technology in our Institute; and the Department of Pathology's specialty laboratory at UCLA that performs the laboratory testing using fluorescence in site hybridization.

Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Genetic Testing

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9301 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 208 - Los Angeles - California 90210

Phone: 310-278-7590 - Fax: 310-278-7599

Email: info@preimplantationgenetictesting.com

We speak Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Tagalog, Czech, and Polish

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