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Article: Link seen between assisted reproduction techniques and genetic disruption.
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- Genomics & Genetics Weekly
- Article date:
- February 7, 2003
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2003 FEB 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Evidence that assisted reproduction techniques may carry a risk of genetic "imprinting disorders" in the resulting babies has emerged in a new study from the University of Birmingham.
To assess the likely risk of genetic disruption, geneticists from the University of Birmingham and the West Midlands Genetics Service assessed the birth histories of 149 babies with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome. Their findings were published in the Journal of Medical Genetics.
Features of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome include overgrowth, abdominal wall defects, low blood sugar, kidney abnormalities, and an increased risk of tumors - ...