Photo Gallery Embryo Testing in Germany
A controversial procedure that lets would-be parents test embryos for certain genetic defects will soon be allowed in special cases in Germany. What does this mean for society?
If they have another baby, there is a one-in-three chance that it will have the disease, which is why the Starks recently visited the Medical Genetics Center (MGZ) in Munich. Here, human genetic material at a laboratory in Munich.
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The procedure on which Tina and Andreas Stark are pinning their hopes is called pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, or PID, where an embryo is tested for possible life-threatening genetic defects before it is implanted into a woman's uterus. The procedure could be used to rule out congenital nephrotic syndrome. Here, a still from a 3D film of a human embryo.
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