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Parents should be allowed to transfer affected embryos, say ethicists

Amidst current debate about the implications of allowing couples to select embryos free from conditions with later onset, incomplete penetrance and (limited) treatment options, ethicists have recommended that parents undergoing PGD should, in certain circumstances, be allowed to change their mind, transferring embryos with the genetic condition which they initially sought to avoid.

Although such requests may seem to contravene the rationale for carrying out PGD in the first place, this is not grounds for dismissing such requests, ethicist Dr Wybo Dondorp, of Maastricht University, the Netherlands, told delegates at the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology annual meeting today. 'As the couple's primary wish may be for a child, they may reason that if a non-affected, healthy child is not what they can get, they will also be happy with, and good parents for, a child with a condition they at first intended to avoid. Respect for autonomy at least requires taking such requests seriously, even if, in view of all other considerations, doctors decide not to agree to the requests,' he said.

Dondorp's comments are consistent with clause 14 of the UK's new Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill,

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IVF News

News: 'More natural' alternative to IVF to be trialled in UK

Katy Sinclair 04 March 2008

A device that allows IVF embryos to develop in the womb rather than a laboratory dish, developed by Swiss company Anecova, is to be trialled at CARE Fertility in Nottingham. 

The treatment, named in vivo development, or IVD, has been termed a more natural alternative to IVF and there are hopes that it will lead to fewer embryos with genetic abnormalities being produced.

In normal IVF eggs are fertilised with sperm and allowed to grow for a few days in a laboratory dish containing chemicals and nutrients, before being implanted into the woman's womb. This new technique sees the fertilised embryos being inserted into a perforated silicone capsule, less than 5 millimetres long and 1 millimetre wide, which is then placed into the womb. The capsule is connected to a flexible wire that holds the device inside the uterus, attached to a thread that trails through the cervix to allow the capsule to be removed. The perforations in the capsule allow the woman's natural chemicals and hormones to surround the embryo, without it being able to attach to the lining of the womb. The capsule is removed a few days after insertion, and the embryo is then implanted in