The Scientist : Fertility Practices Meet Ethics Around the World [21/6/2004]

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by Brendan A Maher

Fertility Practices Meet Ethics Around the World

Preimplantation genetic diagnosis lurches forward with and without approval

The Scientist 2004, 18(12):25

The ethical dimension of assisted reproduction cannot be divorced from the science, as was illustrated by two seemingly contradictory decisions by the United Kingdom's Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority. The HFEA approved an application for use of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) for a couple that had an existing child with Fanconi anemia. They wished to conceive a second child, both free of the disease and HLA compatible with the first. Stem cells taken from umbilical cord blood could be used to treat the elder sibling.


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