Yes, Huntington's chorea can be prevented by achieving pregnancy through in vitro fertilisation (IVF) with pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD).
With PGD, only healthy embryos that do not contain the Huntington's disease-causing gene mutation will be transferred.
Read the full article on: What is Huntington’s disease and can it be prevented with PGD? ( 40).
Marta Barranquero Gómez
B.Sc., M.Sc.
Graduated in Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences by the University of Valencia (UV) and specialized in Assisted Reproduction by the University of Alcalá de Henares (UAH) in collaboration with Ginefiv and in Clinical Genetics by the University of Alcalá de Henares (UAH).
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