How a Designer Baby is Created
- An embryo is created by in-vitro fertilization (IVF), which is to "cure" genetic diseases in embryo's by replacing faulty sections of DNA with healthy DNA
- A single cell is removed from that embryo within the first 5 days of its creation
- The cell is genetically tested
- The parents decide whether to discard the embryo or implant it in the mother's womb
Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD)
Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) is the genetic selection of embryos. Reasons why a parents may choose PGD is to:
- screen for diseases and cystic fibrosis or genetic conditions such as Down's syndrome
- create a healthy baby to treat a sich sibling
- select the sex of a future child (illegal in the UK)
- screen for diseases and cystic fibrosis or genetic conditions such as Down's syndrome
- create a healthy baby to treat a sich sibling
- select the sex of a future child (illegal in the UK)