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Polygenic embryo screening: four clinical considerations warrant further attention.

Stacey PereiraS CarmiGheona AltarescuJ AustinD BarlevyA HershlagE JuengstK Kostick-QuenetE KovanciR B LathiM MukherjeeI Van den VeyverO ZukG Lázaro-MuñozT Lencz
Published in: Human reproduction (Oxford, England) (2022)
Recent advances in developing polygenic scores have made it possible to screen embryos for common, complex conditions and traits. Polygenic embryo screening (PES) is currently offered commercially, and though there has been much recent media and academic coverage, reproductive specialists' points of view have not yet been prominent in these discussions. We convened a roundtable of multidisciplinary experts, including reproductive specialists to discuss PES and its implications. In this Opinion, we describe four clinically relevant issues associated with the use of PES that have not yet been discussed in the literature and warrant consideration.
Keyphrases
  • systematic review
  • pregnancy outcomes
  • working memory
  • high throughput
  • genome wide
  • gene expression
  • quality improvement