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Increased Risk of Miscarriages Tied to Gene Variant

What: Researchers have identifed a gene variant tied to a higher risk of early miscarriages in women. The variant accelerates reproductive aging, leading to a greater number of abnormal eggs. The findings could help improve reproductive planning and fertility treatments.

Key line: “’From this, we can say that this is more than a correlation; it’s a causal relationship,’ said Leelabati Biswas, the study’s co-first author and a student in the university’s joint M.D.-Ph.D. program in the Department of Genetics and the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. ‘The results gave us a powerful validation of our computational data.’”

Source: Rutgers University // https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1065778

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