Be Proactive, Like Michelle Obama
Take a lesson from the former first lady, Michelle Obama, and be proactive when it comes to your reproductive health, especially if you’ve experienced a miscarriage. This one’s for the ladies from a fine role model: be proactive about seeking fertility care. Michelle Obama has disclosed in her memoir “Becoming” that she had in vitro fertilization […]
Gender Selection and the History of Preimplantation Genetic Testing (and 3 Myths about Gender Selection)
Genetic testing to screen out defective embryos before implantation in IVF also reveals gender, giving parents a choice to do gender selection. History of gender selection Preimplantation genetic testing was initially developed in England in 1990 to detect single-gene and sex-chromosome linked diseases in at-risk couples. The test then was adapted as part of in vitro […]