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PGD
(redirected from Preimplantation genetic diagnosis)

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PGD
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(Medicine) preimplantation genetic diagnosis; a technique using in vitro fertilization to ensure that a baby does not possess a known genetic defect of either parent. After genetic analysis of the embryos so formed, only those free of defect are implanted in the mother's womb
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The technique - known as preimplantation genetic diagnosis - has already been used in the UK to choose babies free of inherited disorders such as cystic fibrosis.
BORN FREE; MIRACLE BABY WHO WILL NEVER GET BREAST CANCER by The Mirror (London, England)
The technique, known as preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) has already been used in the UK to free babies of inherited disorders such as cystic fibrosis and Huntington's disease.
GENE BABY IS A FIRST by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
Other topics include mutations within the Lamin A gene, mouse chromosome engineering for modeling human disease, the debate over preimplantation genetic diagnosis, and the evolutionary dynamics of human endogenous retroviral families.
Annual review of genomics and human genetics; v.7, 2006 by SciTech Book News
 
 
 
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