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  • Senior lecturer in Paediatric Neurology, UNSW
Couples who are carriers of genes for recessive diseases don’t show any symptoms. Photo by Drew Hays on Unsplash

What prospective parents need to know about gene tests such as ‘prepair’

Gina Ravenscroft, The University of Western Australia; Michelle Farrar, UNSW ; Nigel Laing, The University of Western Australia, and Royston Ong, The University of Western Australia

Cystic fibrosis, spinal muscular atrophy and fragile X syndrome are serious diseases, and most couples carrying the genetic mutations for these don’t know it. Should they all be tested?

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