As the public is to be asked whether screening of embryos should be widened, two women whose sons were born with incurable diseases share their views with BBC Breakfast.
One of them, Melanie Denning, is currently undergoing embryo screening for cystic fibrosis, after her son Owen, five, was born with the hereditary disease.
The public is to be asked if embryo screening should be extended to check for faulty genes which are not guaranteed to cause disease.
Embryos are now screened for inherited diseases such as cystic fibrosis. But the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority is asking if embryos should also be checked for genes linked to cancer and Alzheimer’s.
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