Be Prepared for PGT – What Steps Can I Take Now?
You’ve determined you’re a candidate for preimplantation genetic testing (PGT). And you have done some background work to prepare yourself for what the process entails. Even if you are months or years away from wishing to conceive a pregnancy, there are many practical...
Be Prepared for PGT – How Do I Prepare Myself?
You have a genetic condition, or you are at-risk for developing one. Or maybe you and your partner found out you both carry a mutation for the same genetic condition. You’ve had confirmatory testing. Basically, you know you are a candidate. And now you may be...
Be Prepared for PGT – Am I a Candidate?
With the growing awareness of the importance of family history information as well as increasing access to genetic testing, more people are finding out that they may be at risk for a genetic disease. Sometimes, this knowledge comes before that individual is ready to...
Oncology Nurses’ Knowledge and Educational Needs Surrounding PGT
The availability of preimplantation genetic testing (PGT), previously known as preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), for hereditary cancer syndromes like BRCA1 and BRCA2 or Lynch syndrome is fairly universal these days. Even five years ago, however, many healthcare...
Enabling Lives of Uncertainty: A Q&A with patient advocate, Lee Cooper (Part 2)
This is a continuation of a Q&A with Lee Cooper, patient advocate with LQTS and a proud father. Because this is Part 2 of Lee’s story, you may want to go back to read Part 1 first. Leslie: You said that you thought it was difficult initially to get information about...
Enabling Lives of Uncertainty: A Q&A with patient advocate, Lee Cooper (Part 1)
As a genetic counselor, I have heard hundreds of patient stories. Now and again, there are some that create quite an impact; so much of an impact that it changes the way you provide information to other patients. Lee Cooper is that person who profoundly changed how I...
Does PGT Increase the Risk for Birth Defects and Adverse Outcomes?
Couples who choose to undergo in vitro fertilization (IVF) with preimplantation genetic testing (PGT, also known as preimplantation genetic diagnosis or PGD) are motivated by the desire to prevent the transmission of a genetic disease to their pregnancy. For many of...
Preimplantation Genetic Testing for Lynch Syndrome
IVF paired with preimplantation genetic testing and Lynch syndrome testing can help you build a healthy family.
New Study Profiles a Patient’s Experience of PGT for ADPKD
Case study on PGT for ADPKD, also referred to as PGD for ADPKD.