Three per cent of couples could be at risk of conceiving babies who are carriers of some type of rare disease
With advances in genetics, it is now possible to reduce the risk of a future baby suffering from a genetic disease. Dr Belén Lledó, Scientific Director at Instituto Bernabeu and Director of IB Biotech: ‘We are all carriers of recessive diseases, and they become a problem when both parents share mutations in the same gene’. … [Read more…]