Since there is no way to prevent the genetic condition, the only link determined to affect it is the mother's age. The mother's age does not seem to be linked to the type Translocation, most cases are sporadic. In about 1/3 of the cases of translocation, a parent is a carrier for it. The risk of having a second child with translocation is higher if the mother is the carrier. There is only about a 3% chance if the father is the carrier and about 10%-15% chance if the father is the carrier. “Though we know that an extra full or partial copy of chromosome 21 causes the characteristics of Down syndrome, researchers are making great strides in identifying how individual genes on chromosome 21 affect a person with Down syndrome. Scientists now feel strongly that it will be possible to improve, correct or prevent many of the problems associated with Down syndrome in the future.”- www.ndss.org. Maybe there is hope that there will be ways not to prevent it but to do some things to intervene with the chances of having a baby with
Since there is no way to prevent the genetic condition, the only link determined to affect it is the mother's age. The mother's age does not seem to be linked to the type Translocation, most cases are sporadic. In about 1/3 of the cases of translocation, a parent is a carrier for it. The risk of having a second child with translocation is higher if the mother is the carrier. There is only about a 3% chance if the father is the carrier and about 10%-15% chance if the father is the carrier. “Though we know that an extra full or partial copy of chromosome 21 causes the characteristics of Down syndrome, researchers are making great strides in identifying how individual genes on chromosome 21 affect a person with Down syndrome. Scientists now feel strongly that it will be possible to improve, correct or prevent many of the problems associated with Down syndrome in the future.”- www.ndss.org. Maybe there is hope that there will be ways not to prevent it but to do some things to intervene with the chances of having a baby with