Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 2 , Pages 290-291, August 2004

Embryo screening for tissue matching

  • John Robertson, J.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas Law School, Austin, Texas, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: John A. Robertson, J.D., University of Texas Law School, 727 Dean Keeton Street, Austin, Texas 78705-3299; (FAX: 512-232-2399

Received 22 April 2004; received in revised form 22 April 2004; accepted 22 April 2004.

Abstract 

Parents with children who need a hematopoietic stem cell transplant are increasingly using preimplantation genetic diagnosis to have a well-matched sibling donor. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis may ethically be used for this purpose even if the resulting child is not at risk of inheritable disease.

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PII: S0015-0282(04)00871-4

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.04.022

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 82, Issue 2 , Pages 290-291, August 2004

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