Dr Dagan Wells
Associate Professor, Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
About
Dr Wells has published more than 150 scientific papers, including the first studies to perform comprehensive analysis of chromosomes in human embryos and the first genetic diagnosis of cancer predisposition in human embryos. He has been actively involved in preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and the study of human gametes and embryos for over two decades.
He directs a clinical laboratory offering PGD services to IVF clinics throughout the UK and internationally, helping families to avoid the transmission of serious inherited conditions to their children.
Expertise
- In vitro fertilisation (IVF)
- Genetics
- Chromosomes
- Pre-implantation genetics diagnosis (PGD)
- Pre-implantation genetics screening (PGS)
- Infertility
- Embryology
- Reproduction
Selected publications
- Live births following Karyomapping of human blastocysts: experience from clinical application of the method (2015)
- Altered levels of mitochondrial DNA are associated with female age, aneuploidy, and provide an independent measure of embryonic implantation potential (2015)
- Routine use of next-generation sequencing for preimplantation genetic diagnosis of blastomeres obtained from embryos on day 3 in fresh in vitro fertilization cycles (2015)
Media experience
Dr Wells has extensive media experience, including both print and broadcast interviews.
Recent media work
- We can help older women create more eggs for IVF, say scientists
- New British test for IVF patients could increase chance of conception by 75pc
- Three-parent babies: the arguments for and against
- £4,000 IVF 'add-on' treatment offers no benefit to most patients, research finds
- Techno may be the missing ingredient when it comes to 'test tube babies', scientists claim
- Egg 'nobbles' can be used to create embryos, say scientists in fertility breakthrough
- Baby Biagio is first in Britain to be born through new chromosome screening technique