Description & History

Institute of Life, one of the largest and most advanced Assisted Reproduction Centres in Europe, has been created within “Iaso”, the top Obstetrics & Gynecology clinic in Greece. We use the most advance technology , applying innovative treatments and techniques as well as the highest operational standards to provide certainty to the couples who visit us.

Our multidisciplinary team, composed of highly-trained specialists, is fully committed to the individual needs of each and every couple and thoroughly opts for the treatment applicable to their case.

Under the supervision of Dr. Gloria Calderon, the leading embryologist of the world’s largest IVF Center “IVI”, we feel absolutely confident that we are ready to fulfill our vision: to become an Assisted Reproduction benchmark for couples all around Europe.

Services

In Vitro Fertilization (VF): Involves uniting the ovum with the spermatozoon in the laboratory in order to fertilize the ovum and obtain embryos for transfer in the mother’s uterus.

Intrauterine Insemination (IUI): The procedure of placing the sperm directly into the uterus, prepares in advance in the laboratory makes egg fertilization easier.

Egg Donation: A process whereby a woman uses oocytes from a donor to fulfill her desire of becoming a mother.

Sperm Donation: A voluntary act through which an anonymous healthy male with very high quality semen donates some of it, so that an infertile couple can fulfill their dream.

Surrogacy: If the medical condition of a woman makes a pregnancy impossible or dangerous for her, then another woman gets pregnant and gives birth to the first woman’s child.

Fertility Preservation: Offers women the possibility of postponing motherhood to those wishing to do so or to cancer patients.

Treatments

Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICS): An advanced technique, combined with IVF, where a spermatozoon is directly inserted into the ovum under microscopic guidance. It is used in cases of severe male infertility.

Oocyte Cryopreservation: A modern technique that involves vitrification of a determined number of mature eggs from a woman. It constitutes an exceptionally and more efficient technique than traditional cryopreservation.

Magnetic-activated cell sorting (MACS): It allows the spermatozoa with the best characteristics to be selected for use in Assisted Reproduction treatments.

Time-lapse: Allows the embryo cell division to be viewed on a monitor in real time, capturing moments from the beginning of life.

Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD): The screening of specific genetic and chromosomal alterations in embryos, in order to ensure that children are born free of hereditary diseases.

Pre-implantation Genetic Screening (PGS): The technique of removing one or more cell from an in vitro fertilized embryo to test for overall chromosomal normalcy.

Advanced Genetic Test: Allows us to minimize the transmission of genetic diseases to our children.