Folliculin mutations disrupt embryo implantation

(University of Washington Health Sciences/UW Medicine) New information is unfolding on the genetic controls of an early turning point in pregnancy -- the changes in an embryo's cells that occur as it prepares to lodge in the wall of the uterus. Understanding what can go wrong with these genetic controls is shedding light on implantation failure, a major cause of human infertility.
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