Assisted Reproduction, IVF, Genetics, First baby in South-East Asia by ICSI, Improved pregnancy rate, Laser Assisted Hatching (LAH), Cumulus Aided , Transfer (CAT), ICSI, Y microdeletions, Intracytoplasmic sperm injection, FISH, PGD, Jaslok IVF, Sperm aneuploidy, Sperm apoptosis, DNA, fragmentation, Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis, Prenatal, Karyotyping, Chromosomal breakage, FISH in leukemia, Urovysion, Bladder cancer, Genetic Tests, twins, Mechanical assited hatching

The Department has many firsts to its credit

The first baby in South-East Asia by Intra Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI).
The first baby in India by Mechanical Assisted Hatching
The first pregnancy in India using testicular sperm and ICSI.
The first pregnancy in South-East Asia with the technique of Laser Assisted Hatching (LAH).
The first twins in India with Laser Assisted Hatching and Blastocyst Transfer.
The first centre in the world to introduce Cumulus Aided Transfer (CAT) - A procedure that has significantly improved pregnancy rates with IVF.
The first laboratory in India to routinely offer FISH as a diagnostic test on a wide variety of samples for conditions ranging from infertility to leukemia.
The first laboratory in India to offer the Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) technique in certain hereditary genetic conditions.
The first laboratory in India to offer detection of 20 microdeletions of the Y chromosome as a diagnostic test.
A survey to help patients find the best medical care in IVF was conducted by India's leading weekly news magazine - Outlook in July 2002. The opinion of 679 doctors around the country was taken. Jaslok's IVF services were rated as the best in Mumbai and we were also rated as one of the best in the country.

State-of-the-Art Genetic Tests

Y chromosome microdeletion detection (20 sequence tagged sites) by multiplex PCR.
Sperm aneuploidy detection by FISH.
Sperm apoptosis / DNA fragmentation quantification by TUNEL method.
Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) of chromosomal anomalies by FISH.
Rapid aneuploidy screening for Prenatal Diagnosis.
Karyotyping with polymorphic variation analysis.
Fragile X analysis.
Chromosome breakage study in Fanconi anemia, Ataxia Telangiectasis, Blooms syndrome.
Quantitative analysis of BCR/ABL, PML/RARA, AML1/ETO and XX/XY ratio by FISH in leukemias, for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML), Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (AML-M3), Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML-M2) and sex-mismatched bone marrow transplantation respectively.
Urovysion test for early detection of bladder cancer recurrence.