Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis
Although the development of the first-trimester prenatal diagnosis has significantly improved the potential to avoid genetic diseases, selective abortion are still a major issue in the case of an affected fetus. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) is used as an option to avoid the birth of an affected child without the need for selective abortion as an obligatory component within the prevention program. The below introduction describes these important developments addressing specifically the issues of PGD implementation within infertility treatments. Read more