The presence of only one chromosome from a pair in an individual. With the exception of sex chromosomes (eg Turner syndrome), monosomies frequently have severe effects, usually resulting in early miscarriage.
The NHS should offer patients the chance to freeze their eggs before they receive treatments that could damage their fertility, say new guidelines published by the British Fertility Society...
A seemingly brilliant hypothesis of preimplantation genetic screening arose in the 1990s when Dr Yuri Verlinsky proposed using polar body biopsies to detect chromosomal abnormalities in embryos prior to transfer in IVF...
Healthy embryos are discarded
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