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Review of IVF Websites Show Few Address Gene Test Risks


(October 16, 2009)  Fertility clinic websites aren''t doing a great job of explaining the risks of testing an embryo for genetic disorders before it''s implanted in the womb, researchers found. ... Dr. Robert Klitzman, Director of the Ethics, Policy and Human Rights Core of the HIV Center at Columbia University and the NYS Psychiatric Institute, and his colleagues took a look at the websites of 83 clinics offering PGD to investigate how fully they explained these risks.   

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