What is new… is that soon you’ll be picking your child from the bottom of a long glass tube:

World Egg Bank offers advanced testing method that identifies 6,000 mutations in more than 600 genes

A partnership with Igenomix has allowed the World Egg Bank to offer to couples seeking eggs for IVF procedure to undergo a new genetic testing that identifies 6,000 mutations in more than 600 genes. The mutations are the cause of 20 percent of baby deaths in developing nations and 10 percent of young children’s hospitalisation.

Through the use of the Carrier Genetic Test, or CGT, couples who seek egg donation are matched with a donor who does not have the same gene mutations as the father. That would help avert the future baby from being infected with one of the over 600 genetic disorders.

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