AllCutieWants
07-09-2004, 09:13 AM
Upstate New York's first genetically selected baby was born using a new procedure called pre-implementation genetic diagnosis or PGD.
The procedure screens embryos for possible genetic diseases.
A couple from the Syracuse area, who already has one child with cystic fibrosis, wanted to ensure their second child did not have the disease.
Because both parents are predisposed to cystic fibrosis, they used PGD. Last month, they gave birth to a healthy baby girl.
"We collect eggs, fertilize them outside the body. We then culture them for a few days, biopsy the embryos. We then get genetic testing on those embryos that determine the normal and abnormal embryos. Then transfer back the normal embryos and hope for pregnancy to occur," said Dr. Robert Kiltz, Director of the CNY Fertility Center.
Without PGD, the couple had a 25% chance of having another child with cystic fibrosis.
:!: "Yes, I'd Like to have a boy this time" Jeebus! That will really be next!
The procedure screens embryos for possible genetic diseases.
A couple from the Syracuse area, who already has one child with cystic fibrosis, wanted to ensure their second child did not have the disease.
Because both parents are predisposed to cystic fibrosis, they used PGD. Last month, they gave birth to a healthy baby girl.
"We collect eggs, fertilize them outside the body. We then culture them for a few days, biopsy the embryos. We then get genetic testing on those embryos that determine the normal and abnormal embryos. Then transfer back the normal embryos and hope for pregnancy to occur," said Dr. Robert Kiltz, Director of the CNY Fertility Center.
Without PGD, the couple had a 25% chance of having another child with cystic fibrosis.
:!: "Yes, I'd Like to have a boy this time" Jeebus! That will really be next!