Ethics-Governance: Article: CBHD: Designer Genes

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CBHD: Designer Genes - Agneta M. Sutton Why did the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) recently refuse Jayson and Michelle Whitaker permission to create a "designer baby" who could serve as a tissue match for their three-year-old son suffering from a rare blood disorder called Diamond-Blackfan anaemia? In December of last year, the authority allowed Raj and Shahana Hashmi to create a baby by in vitro fertilization (IVF) and then undergo pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and tissue typing to serve as a donor for their son suffering from thalassaemia. Full Article: http://www.cbhd.org/resources/reproductive/sutton_2002-08-21.htm


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