Assisted Reproduction
The genetic diagnosis of embryos before implantation warrants extreme care
Published in Women's Health Weekly, September 25th, 2003
"This report describes preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) of a couple with a known paternally-derived balanced cryptic translocation 46,XY.ish t(2q7,17q)(210E14-, B37c1+;B37c1-,210E14+) in embryos from a couple who previously had a child with severe mental retardation and was previously described in this journal [Bacino et al., 2000]," scientists in the United States report.
"This child inherited the unbalanced product of translocation from her father: 46,XX.ish der(2)t(2q7,17q)pat(210E14-, B37c1+). The couple desired a normal offspring and sought PGD to avoid clinical...
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