New “app” for preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD)
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis, known as PGD, has been used in conjunction with IVF for years to avoid having a child with a serious genetic disease such as cystic fibrosis, spinal muscular atropy and Tay-Sachs. Now, as reported in an article in the February 18 edition of the Wall Street Journal, its use is being extended to aviod transferring a …