Jan 22, 2008

Embryos at risk of disease can pass clinic tests, parents warned

THE genetic testing of embryos at risk of developing deadly diseases is not foolproof, and all parents should be extensively counselled on the risks, experts say. The warning yesterday came after a couple declared that they were suing a Melbourne fertility clinic because pre-implantation genetic testing had failed to pick up that their son was carrying an inherited cancer gene.

SMH 22 Jan 2008

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