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What prospective parents need to know about gene tests such as 'prepair'

  • Written by Gina Ravenscroft, Research Fellow in neuromuscular disease and genetics, University of Western Australia
imageCouples who are carriers of genes for recessive diseases don't show any symptoms.Photo by Drew Hays on Unsplash, CC BY

Researchers recently renewed calls for all prospective parents to be offered testing for gene mutations that could be transferred to their child. This came after a study published in the journal Genetics in Medicine found 88% of...

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