U.S. physicians have reportedly started a clinical trial to assess the effects of allowing couples to choose the gender of unborn children.Technorati Tags: Pregnancy, Sex Selection, Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis
The journal Nature said doctors can use a technology called preimplantation genetic diagnosis to examine the sex of embryos that they create by assisted reproduction. Couples then select male or female embryos to implant in the mother's uterus.
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Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Sex Selection Clinical Trial is Launched
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