Healthy children without fear: Reproductive options for patients or couples carrying inherited diseases

EMBO Rep. 2017 May;18(5):666-669. doi: 10.15252/embr.201744253. Epub 2017 Apr 10.

Abstract

Prenatal diagnostics and preimplantation genetic screening are safe and efficient methods to help parents with inherited mutations for severe diseases to have healthy children. Its expansion into adult‐onset diseases and cancer raises challenges for regulation of assisted reproductive technologies and coverage by healthcare systems.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Gene Editing / methods
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mutation / genetics
  • Pregnancy
  • Preimplantation Diagnosis / methods
  • Prenatal Diagnosis / methods
  • Reproduction / genetics*