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![Dr Rafael Bernabeu, invited to participate in the SEGO meeting on Zika virus.](https://www.institutobernabeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/imagenes-2-spanish-society-of-gynaecology-and_1-obstetrics-425x315.jpg)
Dr Rafael Bernabeu, invited to participate in the SEGO meeting on Zika virus.
Dr Rafael Bernabeu, Medical Director of Instituto Bernabeu, has been invited to participate as an expert on fertility in the upcoming informative meeting on Zika virus to be held at the Spanish Society of Gynaecology …
![Participation in the Conference: “Review and new options in vitrification”.](https://www.institutobernabeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/imagenes-2-vitrification-conference-2016-review-and-new-options-in-vitrification-560x315.jpg)
Participation in the Conference: “Review and new options in vitrification”.
Jaime Guerrero, Director of the Operational Egg Donation Unit at Instituto Bernabeu, participates today as a speaker at the Vitrification Conference 2016: “Review and new options in vitrification”, organized by Ginemed Foundation in Seville.
![Instituto Bernabeu and the University of Turin sign an international work placement agreement.](https://www.institutobernabeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/imagenes-2-dr.-jorge-ten-and-carlotta-girardo_-560x315.jpg)
Instituto Bernabeu and the University of Turin sign an international work placement agreement.
Instituto Bernabeu and the University of Turin (Universitá degli Studi di Torino) have signed an international collaboration agreement. The agreement, which will benefit the university’s students, is the basis for a professional work placement programme on a European …
![A debate organised by the Rafael Bernabeu Foundation on the ethical and legal aspects of providing counselling on genetics.](https://www.institutobernabeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/imagenes-2-conference-responsibilities-taken-on-when-providing-counselling-on-genetics-450x315.png)
The Rafael Bernabeu Foundation, Instituto Bernabeu’s welfare organisation, will hold a conference on ‘Responsibilities taken on when providing counselling on genetics’ next Friday, 22nd April at 19:00h. The event will be run by professor Pedro …
![Instituto Bernabeu Research: The effect of embryo biopsy during the freezing and thawing processes.](https://www.institutobernabeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/imagenes-2-do-biopsied-embryos-respond-differenty-to-vitrification-and-thawing-processes-560x315.jpg)
Instituto Bernabeu Research: The effect of embryo biopsy during the freezing and thawing processes.
Progress in embryo cryopreservation techniques have helped to obtain excellent survival rates in the different embryo stages. The embryo selection strategy using embryo genetic diagnosis means that, on occasions, we have to cryopreserve embryos. Additionally, …
![IB Research: The POLG genetic variant and its relation to low ovarian reserve.](https://www.institutobernabeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/imagenes-2-dna-molecule-560x315.jpg)
IB Research: The POLG genetic variant and its relation to low ovarian reserve.
DNA is the molecule which stores the instructions which enable living beings to develop and function. These instructions are embedded in DNA using a four-letter code (A, T, G and C). The integrity and reliability …
![Instituto Bernabeu Research: Internal cellular mass and trophectoderm quality indicate embryo aneuploidy percentage.](https://www.institutobernabeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/imagenes-2-blastocyte-beginning-hatching.-icm-and-et-positions-are-indicated_-560x315.png)
For over three decades, morphological analysis has been the most efficient and most used manner of studying embryo quality. Nowadays, Comprehensive Chromosomal Screening (CCS) is also possible and this enables all embryo chromosomes to be …
![Hatched embryo transfer following biopsy does not alter implantation success rates.](https://www.institutobernabeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/imagenes-2-hatched-embryo-transfer-following-biopsy-does-not-alter-implantation-success-rates-560x315.jpg)
Hatched embryo transfer following biopsy does not alter implantation success rates.
The use of comprehensive chromosome screening (CCS) during the blastocyst stage has led to big changes in in vitro fertilisation (IVF) clinics. The transfer of fresh embryos is generally put on hold for one day …
![IB research on assessments methods of uterine peristalsis before embryo transfer](https://www.institutobernabeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/imagenes-2-the-assessment-of-uterine-contractions-frequency-could-be-a-useful-tool-in-the-clinical_1-practice-560x315.jpg)
IB research on assessments methods of uterine peristalsis before embryo transfer
Implantation rate after embryo transfer is a limiting factor in the success of IVF treatments. A high percentage of chromosomally normal embryos with good morphology fail to implant in apparently normal uterus thus efforts must …
![Participation in the ‘Current Issues in Assisted Reproduction’ event.](https://www.institutobernabeu.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/imagenes-2-current-issues-in-assisted-reproduction-560x260.jpg)
Participation in the ‘Current Issues in Assisted Reproduction’ event.
Instituto Bernabeu participated in an event on ‘Current Issues in Assisted Reproduction‘ held on 10th and 11th March, 2016 at the Royal National Academy of Medicine in Madrid. The event, organised by the Ginefiv Foundation, the University of Alcalá (UAH) […]