Any ideas would be great. Thanks!
Doola is 32 years old and is trying to decide if she and her husband are ready for parenthood when she learns that her 52-year-old mother has Alzheimer’s disease. The mother’s physician tells Doola that because the disease had such an early onset, her mother’s version of Alzheimer disease could be inherited through a susceptibility allele. Doola is tested and indeed has the same dominant allele. She wants to have a child right away, so that she can enjoy many years as a mother. Her husband David feels that it wouldn’t be fair to have a child knowing that Alzheimer disease likely lies in Doola’s future.
David is also concerned that Doola could pass on her variant Alzheimer allele to a child. What reproductive technologies might help them avoid that?
My guess is invitro fertilization. Would that work? Or is there anything else that doctors could do?
Doola is 32 years old and is trying to decide if she and her husband are ready for parenthood when she learns that her 52-year-old mother has Alzheimer’s disease. The mother’s physician tells Doola that because the disease had such an early onset, her mother’s version of Alzheimer disease could be inherited through a susceptibility allele. Doola is tested and indeed has the same dominant allele. She wants to have a child right away, so that she can enjoy many years as a mother. Her husband David feels that it wouldn’t be fair to have a child knowing that Alzheimer disease likely lies in Doola’s future.
David is also concerned that Doola could pass on her variant Alzheimer allele to a child. What reproductive technologies might help them avoid that?
My guess is invitro fertilization. Would that work? Or is there anything else that doctors could do?