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Concerns about the use of polygenic embryo screening for psychiatric and cognitive traits.

The lancet. Psychiatry - 1 Oct 2022

Lencz Todd, Sabatello Maya, Docherty Anna, Peterson Roseann E, Soda Takahiro, Austin Jehannine, Bierut Laura, Crepaz-Keay David, Curtis David, Degenhardt Franziska, Huckins Laura, Lazaro-Munoz Gabriel, Mattheisen Manuel, Meiser Bettina, Peay Holly, Rietschel Marcella, Walss-Bass Consuelo, Davis Lea K

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Private companies have begun offering services to allow parents undergoing in-vitro fertilisation to screen embryos for genetic risk of complex diseases, including psychiatric disorders. This procedure, called polygenic embryo screening, raises several difficult scientific and ethical issues, as discussed in this Personal View. Polygenic embryo screening depends on the statistical properties of polygenic risk...

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PMID: 35931093
DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(22)00157-2
PMCID: PMC9930635

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