ICSI, also known as “microinjection”, is the injection of sperm into the ovum of the female. It was first carried out in Turkey by our team in September 1994.
Turkey’s first microinjection baby was delivered by our team in July 1995.
MESA is a procedure for obtaining sperms from the epididymis using an operating microscope . It was first carried out by our team in Turkey on 16th January. 1995.
The first live birth in Turkey after a pregnancy achieved by MESA was the delivery of twins at our centre on 22nd September. 1995.
TESE, a procedure for obtaining sperms from testis tissue by an open testicular operation was first carried out in Turkey by our team on 17th January. 1995.
The first “TESE baby”in Turkey was delivered by our team in October 1995.
TESA, a procedure for obtaining sperms from testis tissue by aspiration with a syringe. was first performed in Turkey by our team in 1995.
The first “TESA baby” in Turkey was delivered by our team on 27th September.1995.
PESA, a procedure for obtaining sperms from epididymis tissue by aspiriation with a syringewas first performed in Turkey by our team in 1995.
The first “ PESA baby”in Turkey was delivered by our team on in 1995.
Using of testicular spermatid cells for the first time. First live birth after a pregnancy achieved by using spermatid cells in 1995. Using of total immotile sperms for the first time and live birth in 1995.
Embryo Freezing is a procedure for storing good quality embryos when they exceed the number required for transfer.It was first performed in Turkey by our team on 31st July 1996.
The first babies (twins) resulting from frozen embryos were delivered by our team in 1997.
Live birth in 1997
The first live birth in Turkey after blastomer biopsy and pre-implantation genetic diagnosis was achieved by our team in 1997.
The first polar body biopsy in Turkey was performed by our team in 2000.
In 1998, our team was the first in Turkey to achieve a birth throughblastocyst stage embryo freezing.
The first pregnancy and live birth in Turkey using this technique was achieved by our team in 2004.
The first pregnancy and live birth in Turkey using this technique was achieved by our team in 1999.
This procedure was first performed in Turkey by our team in 2001.
First case of PGD for single gene disorders and HLA typing in Turkey was performed in our center in 2001. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation was performed successfully from 44 children who were conceived by preimplantation genetic diagnosis performed in Memorial Hospital. Transplantations were performed by successful pediatric hematologists from respectable university hospitals of Turkey. By the help of this technique affected children are cured by the help of their siblings conceived by PGD method.
World’s first successful case of preimplantation HLA typing for Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) was performed in our center in 2008. After successful bone marrow transplantation performed in İstanbul, the affected child was completely cured and no complications were observed in both children.
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Solak Family: Sinem (affected by AML) and her HLA matchsister conceived by preimplation HLA typing. | 2 years after transplantation |
For the first time in the world, a 5 year old child suffering from ALL was cured by bone marrow transplantation from his sibling conceived by preimplantation HLA typing performed in our center in 2012.
2 healthy and %100 HLA match twins were conceived with PGD for Glanzmann's thrombasthenia in our center in 2008. The cord blood obtained from the twins was used in the transplant performed in Italy in 2009. The affected sibling was completely cured and no complications were observed.
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Healthy twins who are HLA match with their sister who was suffering from Glanzmann's thrombasthenia | Twins and their sister after transplantation |
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Sina (affected by thalassemia) with his mother (during pregnancy to twins) | Healthy and HLA match twins |
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Sina who has recovered after cord blood transplant |
PGD was performed for the first time in Turkey for Wiskott Aldrich Syndrome (WAS) in 2003 and healthy HLA match embryos were found. The affected sibling was cured by transplantation performed in Israel using the cord blood and bone marrow from his sister conceived by PGD. 3 children suffering from WAS cured by stem cell transplantation using PGD method in our center.
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HLA match baby joins Mut Family… | Cured child (left) using cord blood from his sister (middle) and their healthy brother (right) |
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Brother suffering from Diamond Blackfan Anemia was cured by bone marrow and cord blood transplantation performed in 2008 in Italy. |
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Kethuda family had 2 children affected by X-Adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD). Older affected brother was cured by bone marrow transplant obtained from the HLA match sibling born after PGD performed in Istanbul Memorial Hospital. The transplant was successfully performed in Istanbul Capa Medical Faculty. Younger affected sibling was cured by cord blood transplant found from a foreign institution. |
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Children of Yılmaz Family… Affected brother was cured by transplantation from his bother performed in 2011 |
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Nazlı who was born in 2009 after PGD, helped to cure her sister suffering from sickle cell anemia in 2011 with bone marrow transplantation... |
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Family members who had a healthy child with PGD for Galactosemia |
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Healthy girl after PGD for Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency |
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Healthy twins after PGD for mucolipidosis Mukolipidozis için yapılan PGT işlemi ardından doğan sağlıklı ikizler… |
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Eren who was born after PGD for Neurofibromatosis in 2007 and his parents |
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Hena was born after PGD for Osteogenesis imperfect in 2011 |
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Buyukbay family with their healthy twins born after PGD for Sanfilippo disease |
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Healthy twins of Aktaş family after PGD for Tay Sachs disease |