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It’s on the list.
My son’s rare genetic deletion is on the list of disorders identified by microarray analysis of a fetus’s DNA.
It was a surprise to find it there, but given the dizzying speed of prenatal testing advances, it shouldn't have been.
It makes me sad to think that the lives of children like my son are being targeted for termination. Is this a step forward? Something that will make the world a better place?
We can identify more and more genetic disorders, but can we use this information in an enlightened way to help families make decisions about raising or terminating children with disabilities?
Microarray analysis is a new technique that compares a fetus’s DNA with a normal DNA, identifying genetic duplications or deletions too small to be detected by karyotyping (the microscopic analysis of chromosomes that picks up larger changes like those seen in Down syndrome).
That's why when I had an amniocentesis over 20 years ago I was told the child I was carrying was "normal," when in fact he had a genetic change...
My son’s rare genetic deletion is on the list of disorders identified by microarray analysis of a fetus’s DNA.
It was a surprise to find it there, but given the dizzying speed of prenatal testing advances, it shouldn't have been.
It makes me sad to think that the lives of children like my son are being targeted for termination. Is this a step forward? Something that will make the world a better place?
We can identify more and more genetic disorders, but can we use this information in an enlightened way to help families make decisions about raising or terminating children with disabilities?
Microarray analysis is a new technique that compares a fetus’s DNA with a normal DNA, identifying genetic duplications or deletions too small to be detected by karyotyping (the microscopic analysis of chromosomes that picks up larger changes like those seen in Down syndrome).
That's why when I had an amniocentesis over 20 years ago I was told the child I was carrying was "normal," when in fact he had a genetic change...