Healy, Melissa,

Fertility's New Frontier. Melissa Healy. - Los Angeles Times, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 35, Science, 1522-3264; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Fertility's New Frontier, July 21, 2003; pp. F1+.

"Peering into the genetic code of an eight-cell creature scarcely stirs excitement anymore in labs across America. But when the eight-cell creature is a human embryo--an egg and sperm united in a petri dish just 72 hours before--the sight of chromosomes lighted up in neat, color-coded pairs stirs excitement, and something deeper as well. It stirs hope." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article examines the genetic testing of human embryos that are still in the incubator, a new technology that may lead to elimination of inherited diseases.

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Bioethics
Eugenics
Fertilization in vitro--Human
Genetic disorders--Treatment
Genetic screening
Human embryo
Infertility--Treatment
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis

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