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Edited by Robert G. Edwards. 340 pp. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1993. $99.95. ISBN 0-521-40425-8.

The ability to diagnose genetic diseases early in pregnancy has already demonstrated the power of remarkable forms of technology and stimulated innumerable ethical debates. Now the diagnosis of genetic disease even before implantation provides new possibilities and adds to the ethical problems we face. The origins of these new techniques date back many years, and growing publicity about the successful delivery of children after preimplantation diagnosis has focused attention on the issue. Considerable excitement has been generated in the general community by the popular press and in more specialized circles by scientific reports.

Preconception and Preimplantation Diagnosis of Human Genetic . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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