--- title: WIFC Doctor Offers Insights on PCOS Study description: Dr. Ruben Alvero was recently featured on Rhode Island’s NBC affiliate discussing a study about polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and genetics. image: https://fertility-media.womenandinfants.org/NBC-News-10-Logo-250x250.png --- [![Women_Infants_Logo_White-01](https://fertility.womenandinfants.org/hubfs/WI%20White%20Logo.svg) ](https://www.womenandinfants.org) - [**Pay My Bill](https://www.carenewengland.org/pay/women-and-infants/) - [**Careers](https://www.carenewengland.org/careers) - [**Donate](https://www.womenandinfants.org/ways-to-give) - [**My Chart](https://www.carenewengland.org/personal-health-record) - [**+1 (401) 453-7500](tel:+1%20(401)%20453-7500) [![FertilityCenterText-1](https://fertility.womenandinfants.org/hs-fs/hubfs/-%20WI/WI%20-%20F%20-%20Web%20Images/FertilityCenterText-1.png?width=1474&height=115&name=FertilityCenterText-1.png "FertilityCenterText-1")](https://www.carenewengland.org) ** #### Site Search ** ** # WIFC Doctor Offers Insights on PCOS Study ![NBC News 10 Logo](https://fertility-media.womenandinfants.org/NBC-News-10-Logo-250x250.png) [Dr. Ruben Alvero](https://fertility.womenandinfants.org/about/doctors/ruben-alvero), reproductive endocrinologist and director at Women & Infants Fertility Center, was recently featured on Rhode Island’s NBC affiliate discussing a study about polycystic ovary syndrome ([PCOS](https://fertility.womenandinfants.org/services/women/pcos)) and genetics. The study, which was performed by Northwestern University, discovered what medical industry members have long suspected, that babies of women with PCOS have a predisposition for the hormone or enzyme that causes PCOS. “This is among one of the first studies that has actually looked at, and found, a very specific single gene that may be predictive in causing PCOS in these women,” says Dr. Alvero. 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