Disease areas:
  • genetic diseases
  • nutrition and metabolism
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Author(s):
Nathan R. Treff, Jennifer Eccles, Diego Marin, Edward Messick, Louis Lello, Jessalyn Gerber, Jia Xu, Laurent C.A.M. Tellier
Publish date:
12 June 2020
Journal:
Genes
PubMed ID:
32545548

Abstract

Preimplantation genetic testing for polygenic disease risk (PGT-P) represents a new tool to aid in embryo selection. Previous studies demonstrated the ability to obtain necessary genotypes in the embryo with accuracy equivalent to in adults. When applied to select adult siblings with known type I diabetes status, a reduction in disease incidence of 45-72% compared to random selection was achieved. This study extends analysis to 11,883 sibling pairs to evaluate clinical utility of embryo selection with PGT-P. Results demonstrate simultaneous relative risk reduction of all diseases tested in parallel, which included diabetes, cancer, and heart disease, and indicate applicability beyond patients with a known family history of disease.

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