If you or your partner has a mutation for an autosomal dominant condition, like Huntington disease or Marfan syndrome, you may want to consider preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) for single gene disorders. It can be difficult to know how to talk to your partner...
The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) recommends genetic carrier screening, testing to determine the risk of having a child with a genetic condition, for couples planning a pregnancy. Many fertility clinics now use an expanded carrier screening...
For half of couples experiencing infertility, a factor in the male partner is identified as causing or contributing to their difficulties in getting pregnant. This can be a surprising statistic for patients who may have assumed that the root cause was more likely to...
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGT) is a complex process that can help couples conceive a child without passing on a specific genetic disorder. As couples begin this process, they may have some PGT misconceptions. It’s easy to feel like you don’t quite...
Lying in a hospital bed with abdominal pain, chest pain and an elevated heart rate at age 23, little did Stefanie Staggs know that this moment was the beginning of a journey toward her life-changing discovery of PGT for ADPKD. She nor her mother or sister had...
