The first baby to be screened for alterations in the breast cancer-causing gene, BRCA1, was born last week. The child was at risk from inheriting the gene from her father, who has women in three generations of his family who have been diagnosed with breast caner in their twenties as a result of inheriting the [...]
Entries from January 2009
January 21, 2009
The Perils Of Being Older Dads
Women with older partners may be at higher risk of suffering miscarriages irrespective of their own age, according to a study that has linked the increased chance of a failed pregnancy with men over the age of 40. Until now it was widely assumed that miscarriage rates largely increased with female age only, but [...]
January 4, 2009
The genetic miracle behind the double mixed-race twins
The same genetic process which gave Dean Durrant and Alison Spooner’s first set of twin daughters different skin colours has been at work again. They first defied the odds in 2001 with Lauren, who has her mother’s blue eyes and red hair, and Hayleigh ,who has her father’s darker skin. But in a phenomenon compared [...]
January 3, 2009
Preparing for your IVF treatment
Your Emotional Preparedness:
There are many complex emotions that you will be encountering as you are anticipating your IVF cycle. If you are using donor eggs, donor sperm, or a surrogate, the emotions that you have will be even more splintered, as you also must consider the weight of genetics in this equation.
Before you proceed with [...]
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