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October 2002

Fetal Fortunes

Advances in genetic screening are opening a new window on the genetic fate of the unborn. Are parents ready for the choices they will face?

By Jon Cohen

In 1999, a 36-year-old woman in Australia decided to try in vitro fertilization after seven years of attempting to become pregnant. Doctors stimulated her ovaries with hormone shots, performed minor surgery to harvest eggs, which were fertilized in a petri dish and then transferred into her uterus. In four separate attempts, a total of eight embryos made from this same batch of eggs were transferred into her body. All failed to implant.

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