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Woman births child after PGD screens Alzheimer's gene
A 30 year old woman with a inherited Alzheimer’s risk gene underwent in vitro fertilization and preimplantation genetic diagnosis to select embryos free of the V717L mutation. Her daughter was born last year and she is pregnant again, marking a potential first use of PGD for early onset Alzheimer’s. The case prompts ethical debate on rights and implications of genetic screening for adult onset diseases.
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