15 years of GWAS discovery: realizing the promise

A Abdellaoui, L Yengo, KJH Verweij… - The American Journal of …, 2023 - cell.com
It has been 15 years since the advent of the genome-wide association study (GWAS) era.
Here, we review how this experimental design has realized its promise by facilitating an …

Challenges and opportunities for developing more generalizable polygenic risk scores

Y Wang, K Tsuo, M Kanai, BM Neale… - Annual review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Polygenic risk scores (PRS) estimate an individual's genetic likelihood of complex traits and
diseases by aggregating information across multiple genetic variants identified from genome …

Problems with using polygenic scores to select embryos

P Turley, MN Meyer, N Wang, D Cesarini… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Companies have recently begun to sell a new service to patients considering in vitro
fertilization: embryo selection based on polygenic scores (ESPS). These scores represent …

Genetic risk factors have a substantial impact on healthy life years

S Jukarainen, T Kiiskinen, S Kuitunen, AS Havulinna… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
The impact of genetic variation on overall disease burden has not been comprehensively
evaluated. We introduce an approach to estimate the effect of genetic risk factors on …

Whole-genome risk prediction of common diseases in human preimplantation embryos

A Kumar, K Im, M Banjevic, PC Ng, T Tunstall… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) of in-vitro-fertilized embryos has been proposed as a
method to reduce transmission of common disease; however, more comprehensive embryo …

Public views on polygenic screening of embryos

MN Meyer, T Tan, DJ Benjamin, D Laibson, P Turley - Science, 2023 - science.org
For decades, people have used genetic information to exercise control over the kinds of
children they will have. These technologies have largely targeted chromosomal and …

Limitations, concerns and potential: attitudes of healthcare professionals toward preimplantation genetic testing using polygenic risk scores

M Siermann, O Valcke, JR Vermeesch… - European Journal of …, 2023 - nature.com
Preimplantation genetic testing using polygenic risk scores (PGT-P) has recently been
introduced. However, PGT-P has been met with many ethical concerns. It is therefore …

Polygenic risk score for embryo selection—not ready for prime time

A Polyakov, DJ Amor, J Savulescu… - Human …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Numerous chronic diseases have a substantial hereditary component. Recent advances in
human genetics have allowed the extent of this to be quantified via genome-wide …

“Are we not going too far?“: Socio-ethical considerations of preimplantation genetic testing using polygenic risk scores according to healthcare professionals

M Siermann, O Valcke, JR Vermeesch, T Raivio… - Social Science & …, 2024 - Elsevier
The recent introduction of polygenic risk scores within preimplantation genetic testing (PGT-
P) has been met with many concerns. To get more insights into the perspectives of relevant …

Public attitudes, interests, and concerns regarding polygenic embryo screening

RA Furrer, D Barlevy, S Pereira, S Carmi… - JAMA Network …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Polygenic embryo screening (PES) is a novel technology that estimates the
likelihood of developing future conditions (eg, diabetes or depression) and traits (eg, height …