Not exact matches
About 4 percent
of couples with recurrent miscarriages have chromosome
abnormalities in one or both parents that can recur in future pregnancies, so some physicians suggest parental karyotype tests as a part
of investigating the cause.
Through the last
couple years
of innovation and research, screening for chromosomal
abnormalities has greatly improved.
And if it becomes routine to check for many different kinds
of genetic
abnormalities, ethicists predict that more
couples may face the quandary
of whether to carry an «unhealthy» fetus to term.
«More than 40 percent
of infertile
couples have difficulty conceiving due to sperm
abnormalities and this development will provide faster and improved access to fertility care.
Coupled with a review
of these results by experts on a molecular tumor board, the opportunity exists to identify novel therapies that would target specific
abnormalities,» notes senior author
of the work, Shridar Ganesan, MD, PhD, associate director for translational science at Rutgers Cancer Institute and associate professor
of medicine and pharmacology at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.