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FAP and options for having children

FAP and options for having children

Hi, I was wondering if anyone has any knowledge or experience with FAP and having children. My boyfriend was recently diagnosed with this genetic disorder and he has a 50% chance of passing it on to children. There is the option of IVF, but being that there's nothing wrong with me I'd prefer not to have to take all those drugs. I was wondering if anyone knew of other options, maybe some sort of sperm screening? I'd appreciate any advice or even references to others who might be able to help. Thanks
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Hi,

The mutation is unlikely to be physically obvious so as to be able to select which sperm would be used. Current goals of assisted reproduction technologies focusing on sperm are in terms of improving chances of successful fertilization, not really selecting best candidate sperms to avoid genetic disease in children.
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