Commentary on Spriggs: genetically selected baby free of inherited predisposition to early onset Alzheimer’s disease

I note with interest the Controversy regarding a baby born free of an inherited predisposition to early onset Alzheimer’s disease through the use of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD).1,2 As the medical geneticist for the PGD programme for single gene disorders in Melbourne, Australia, I have s...

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Main Author: Delatycki, M. B. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: BMJ Publ. 2003
In: Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2003, Volume: 29, Issue: 2, Pages: 120
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