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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2025

Foretelling the Future: Preimplantation Genetic Testing and the Coming of Polygenic Embryo Screening.

Roman Smolarczyk, Anna Szeliga, Anna M Duszewska, Anna Kostrzak, Ewa Rudnicka, Aleksandra Szczesnowicz, Michał Kunicki, Stefania Bochynska, Gregory Bala, Blazej Meczekalski and 1 more

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. [Application of polygenic risk score-based comprehensive breast cancer risk assessment in preimplantation embryo selection for aZhejiang da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Zhejiang University. Medical sciences · 2026
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  3. The Use of Stem Cells in Assisted Reproduction.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Roman SmolarczykDepartment of Gynaecological Endocrinology, Medical University of Warsaw, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-4420-5433
Anna SzeligaDepartment of Gynecological Endocrinology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-179 Poznan, Poland.
Anna M DuszewskaDepartment of Morphological Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw, University of Life Science, 02-787 Warszawa, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-3336-9667
Anna KostrzakDepartment of Gynecological Endocrinology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-179 Poznan, Poland.
Ewa RudnickaDepartment of Gynaecological Endocrinology, Medical University of Warsaw, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-3936-5598
Aleksandra SzczesnowiczDepartment of Gynecological Endocrinology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-179 Poznan, Poland.
Michał KunickiDepartment of Gynaecological Endocrinology, Medical University of Warsaw, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland.
Stefania BochynskaDepartment of Gynecological Endocrinology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-179 Poznan, Poland.
Gregory BalaUCD School of Medicine, University College Dublin, D04 V1W8 Dublin, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-0018-7616
Blazej MeczekalskiDepartment of Gynecological Endocrinology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-179 Poznan, Poland.
Eli Y AdashiDepartment of Medical Science, Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7730-1192

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) has been used in various forms over the last two decades. PGT involves testing early embryos following in vitro fertilization and has now become an accepted part of genetic testing. Nowadays, PGT serves as a resource for couples who have a family history of monogenic disorders, wherein the fetus is at high risk of inheriting the condition. PGT is also used to improve pregnancy outcomes in IVF patients in cases of recurrent IVF implantation failure, recurrent miscarriages, as well as male factor. It is also used in screening for sex-linked disorders and sourcing stem cells for therapy. The latest PGT direction is polygenic embryo screening (PES, PGT-P), which allows the identification of embryos that are at elevated risk for significant diseases in adulthood, such as coronary artery disease (CAD), diabetes, hypertension, and breast cancer. As the prevalence and the potential for the use of PES grow, fundamental ethical issues have been underlined, raising concerns about the broader implications of genetic testing. This narrative review summarizes indications, methods, applications, and limitations for PGT, with a particular focus on PES.

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IVFPGTpolygenic embryo screeningpreimplantation genetic testing

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PMID40507647
PMCPMC12156276

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