Current Research
A simple plan to help save mother's and babies lives
One in 10 unborn babies are at risk of a genetic disease such as cystic fibrosis or muscular dystrophy.
Discovering your child has any genetic disease is devastating, but thanks to pioneering work headed by Professor Robert Winston and his team, there is hope for couples who know they are carriers.
Using a process called Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis and in vitro fertilisation (IVF), embryos can be screened before being put back into the womb.
Our researchers are working to develop more and better screening techniques
For many couples this is their only hope of having a healthy child without playing an emotional and agonising lottery. Our researchers are working to develop more and better screening techniques, helping to give hope to the thousands of parents who know they are carriers'.
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