New technology revealing genetics of recurrent pregnancy loss

Chromosomal abnormalities are one of the more commonly recognised causes of recurrent miscarriage. Professor Gina Ravenscroft — Group Leader, Rare Disease Genetics & Functional Genomics Group at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia — is leading a research project to use a new technology, Optical Genome Mapping (OGM) to create a detailed map of the chromosomes.