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preimplantation genetic diagnosis

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preimplantation genetic diagnosis: see embryo biopsy embryo biopsy or preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), diagnostic procedure, used in genetic screening , in which a single cell is removed from an embryo two or three days after it has been conceived through in vitro fertilization .
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For example, in the 2004 survey, approximately two-thirds of those questioned approved of the use of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) to screen IVF embryos for fatal childhood diseases.
Referred to as "savior siblings," the babies "were born after a technique called preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) was used to test embryos for a tissue match to the ailing siblings," continues the report.
At the crux of the alternative, therapy-oriented embryonic i screening is a procedure known as preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD).
 
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