PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS (PGD)

Important Info: Although it is a private center information, explains very well the technique, in layman's language ,I do not try in any way publicize the medical center.

PREIMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS (PGD) Patient Information

Some couples are at risk of transmitting an inherited disease to their children. One of the couple may be affected by this disease, or they each may carry a mutation, which if both were inherited by a child would cause the disease. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) is a way of detecting a specific disease-causing genetic mutation within an embryo before it is transferred to the womb and forms a pregnancy.

Rare diseases, orphan drugs and their regulation: questions and misconceptions

Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 9, 921-929 (December 2010) | doi:10.1038/nrd3275

Erik Tambuyzer

Sustained advocacy efforts driven by patients' organizations to make rare diseases a health priority have led to regulatory and economic incentives for .....