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Episode 162: The Future of IVF – Dr. Kathryn Go


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Kathryn J. Go, PhD earned her doctoral degree from the University of Pennsylvania in molecular biology and has been the director of a laboratory for assisted reproductive technology since 1984. She has been on the faculties or an instructor at the University of Pennsylvania, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Thomas Jefferson Medical University, the Experimental College of Tufts University, the University of Massachusetts and is currently a teaching associate at the Harvard Medical School. Dr. Go is the director of the In Vitro Fertilization Laboratory at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and is happy to be contributing to both patient care and the education of the next generations in clinical science in the company of a terrific team of embryologists, nurses, physicians, and administrators at the Brigham.
Listen as Kathryn discusses with Ellen and Jenn:
• How she unexpectedly found herself working in the world of fertility care.
• A little history -- in 1984 it was routine and desirable to transfer 4 or more embryos at a time!
• The changes in embryo storage and other technologies significantly improving implantation rates.
• The massive leaps in genetic analysis and testing.
• Three-parent IVF, what is it and why is it controversial?
• Predictions about the future of fertility treatment – major advancement may be here sooner than you think!
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