Current concepts in preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD): a molecular biologist's view

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The first clinically applied preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) was reported more than a decade ago and since then PGD has known an exponential growth. This first report described the use of PCR to sex embryos from couples at risk for X-linked diseases. Not surprisingly, in the first years, the development of PCR-based tests led to PGD for well-known monogenic diseases such as cystic fibrosis and...

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