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Is Genetic Testing for IVF Worth It?

At least one in 30 people are a carrier of a genetic disorder. Most carriers don’t have a family history of a genetic disease which prompts many patients to contemplate…

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Preimplantation Genetic Testing of Embryos for BRCA Mutation Carriers

BRCA1 (BReast CAncer) and BRCA2 are human genes known as tumor suppressors. Harmful mutations of these genes can be linked to an increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer. In…

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Preimplantation Genetic Screening (PGS) and Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) Now Have New Names

Preimplantation Genetic Screening (PGS) and Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) now have new names. In order establish consistency across infertility clinics, the International Glossary on Infertility and Fertility Care recently published…

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Why Genetic Testing?

At least one in 30 people are a carrier of a genetic disorder. Most carriers don’t have a family history of a genetic disease. Many patients ask us why genetic…

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Chromosome Testing

PGS, preimplantation genetic screening, can be used to be sure only embryos with normal chromosomes are transferred back into the uterus. It can also be used for family balancing. Many…

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Announcing Our New IVF Program with Embryo Screening

Fertility Centers of New England is proud to announce the most cost-effective embryo screening program available called IVF Select. “Our expanded collaboration with Good Start Genetics of Cambridge, MA allows us to pass along…

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Can Cancer Genes Be Turned On Or Off?

Can cancer genes be turned on or off? In an interview for AARP Magazine by ‘Pop’ singer, Melissa Etheridge implied that genes for cancer (BRCA1 and BRCA2) can be turned…

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Hereditary Gynecologic Cancers

There are approximately one million people in the Untied States carrying genes for the most common hereditary gynecologic cancers: BRCA and Lynch syndrome. Early diagnosis of their carrier status and…

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Embryo Selection to Select Against Autism

Health authorities in Western Australia have approved sex selection of embryos for families at a “high risk” of having an autistic child. Can embryo selection to select against autism be…

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