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ArticleEuropean journal of human genetics : EJHG2022

The use of polygenic risk scores in pre-implantation genetic testing: an unproven, unethical practice.

Francesca Forzano, Olga Antonova, Angus Clarke, Guido de Wert, Sabine Hentze, Yalda Jamshidi, Yves Moreau, Markus Perola, Inga Prokopenko, Andrew Read and 6 more

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Article in European journal of human genetics : EJHG, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 46 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Decision-making criteria in polygenic embryo screening: A survey of reproductive medicine physicians.Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics · 2026
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  3. An introduction to polygenic scores - methodological basics and recent advances.Medizinische Genetik : Mitteilungsblatt des Berufsverbandes Medizinische Genetik e.V · 2026
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  4. Patient Perspectives on Psychiatric Polygenic Risk Scores in Reproductive Decision-Making and Polygenic Embryo Screening.American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics · 2026
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  5. Polygenic risk scores in clinical applications - opportunities and challenges.Medizinische Genetik : Mitteilungsblatt des Berufsverbandes Medizinische Genetik e.V · 2026
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  15. Consent and its discontents: the case of UK Biobank.Medicine, health care, and philosophy · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Francesca ForzanoClinical Genetics Department, Guy's and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. francesca.forzano@nhs.net.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5632-0052
Olga AntonovaDepartment of Medical Genetics, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3123-4830
Angus ClarkeDivision of Cancer and Genetics, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1200-9286
Guido de WertMaastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0410-4902
Sabine HentzeHuman Genetics, Heidelberg, Germany.
Yalda JamshidiGenetics Research Centre, Molecular and Clinical Sciences Institute, St George's University of London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0151-6482
Yves MoreauUniversity of Leuven ESAT-STADIUS, B-3001, Leuven, Belgium.
Markus PerolaFinnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Biomedicum 1, Haartmaninkatu 8, 00290, Helsinki, Finland.
Inga ProkopenkoDepartment of Clinical & Experimental Medicine, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.
Andrew ReadCentre for Genomic Medicine, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester, M13 0JH, England.
Alexandre ReymondCenter for Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1030-8327
Vigdis StefansdottirDepartment of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4451-3126
Carla van ElSection Community Genetics, Department of Clinical Genetics and Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2201-2320
Maurizio GenuardiUOC Genetica Medica, Dipartimento di Scienze di Laboratorio e Infettivologiche, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7410-8351
Executive Committee of the European Society of Human Genetics
Public and Professional Policy Committee of the European Society of Human Genetics

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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Genome-Wide Association StudyMultifactorial InheritanceGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenetic TestingHumansRisk Factors

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PMID34916614
PMCPMC9090769

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