BookTarek El-Toukhy, Peter Braude, editors.
Summary: This unique book offers a comprehensive yet practical user-friendly guide to preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD). It provides understanding of and insight into the complete procedure, its recent clinical and laboratory developments and its future prospects, whilst offering an easy point of reference for patient enquiries. Concluding with perspectives on the ethical and social issues often encountered by healthcare professionals counselling patients with regards to PGD. Each chapter within Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis in Clinical Practice is written by established authorities in their fields. An essential resource for PGD specialists and non-specialists, and for all practitioners working within the disciplines of fertility, reproductive medicine and medical genetics.
Contents:
Introduction
Basic Genetics for PGD
Genetic counselling and its role in PGD
Complex issues in PGD
Assisted Reproductive Care for PGD Patients
Embryology and PGD
PGD for sex-determination and chromosome rearrangements: FISH and emerging technologies
PGD analysis of embryos for monogenic disorders
Managing the PGD cycle
Training and Accreditation in PGD
PGD data in the UK and Europe
PGD Facts and Figures
Pre-implantation diagnosis and HLA-typing: the potential for selection of unaffected HLA matched siblings
PGD and human embryonic stem cell technology
Ethical and Social aspects of PGD
Preimplantation Genetic screening
Regulation of PGD in the UK and Worldwide
New Developments in PGD
The Future of Preimplantation Genetic Testing.