Monday, July 22, 2013

Shades Of Gattaca: 17 Babies Born After Preimplantation Genome Sequencing, Oldest Is Now 11 Months Old




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Shades Of Gattaca: 17 Babies Born After Preimplantation Genome Sequencing, Oldest Is Now 11 Months Old



The 1997 science fiction film Gattaca presents a biopunk vision of a future society driven by liberal eugenics where potential children are selected through preimplantation genetic diagnosis to ensure they possess the best hereditary traits of their parents. The film has turned prophetic. A new technique detects genetic defects so that only healthy babies will be born using in vitro fertilized embryos. The largest genomic institute of the world, BGI Shenzhen, China (hereinafter BGI), together with Reproductive & Genetic Hospital CITIC-XIANGYA (hereinafter CITIC-XIANGYA) announced today that they have successfully applied Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) to detect in vitro fertilized (IVF) embryos with genetic abnormalities.






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