这一发现预示着人们对流产和不孕的根本原因的认识将发生改变,也预示着试管婴儿的成功率可能将提高。
Approximately one in four couples are affected by fertility problems, and women under 35 currently have just a 32.2 percent chance of a live birth from one round of IVF.
大约有1/4的夫妇受不孕不育的困扰,目前,35岁以下的女性单次体外受精生下活胎的几率只有32.2%。
The odds decrease to 27.7 for women aged 35 to 37, and to 20.8 percent for those aged 38 and 39.
35岁到37岁之间的女性单次体外受精生下活胎的几率则下降到27.7%,而38、39岁的女性则下降到20.8%。
Dr Kathy Niakan, who led the research, said: “One way to find out what a gene does in the developing embryo is to see what happens when it isn’t working.
该研究的领头人凯西•尼亚肯博士表示:“想要了解一种基因对发育中胚胎的影响,方法之一就是看当它失效时会发生什么。”
“Now we have demonstrated an efficient way of doing this, we hope that other scientists will use it to find out the roles of other genes.
“现在,我们已经证明这种方法的有效性,我们希望其他科学家也能在研究其他基因的作用时使用这种方法。”
“If we knew the key genes that embryos need to develop successfully, we could improve IVF treatments and understand some causes of pregnancy failure.”
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