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IVF Isn't Ready for Prime Time, End Quote
PGTP takes advantage of a decade-long effort in genomics to identify the genetic contributors to many common diseases. Most diseases are considered polygenic, often linked to many different genes interacting with each other and their environment in complex ways. One SNP alone might make a negligible difference to a person's risk of developing diabetes,. but adding up the effects from tens to millions of these variants can produce a model for scoring that risk.