title: The emerging technology and application of preimplantation genetic diagnosis.
abstract: Authors argue that although preimplantation genetic diagnosis is a promising new reproductive technology that can prevent birth defects and other devastating inherited diseases, PGD poses the risk of misdiagnosis and misuse.
authors.affiliation: Reproductive Sciences Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Tasca
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: McClure
mesh_terms: D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005260:Female; D030342:Genetic Diseases, Inborn / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D015316:Genetic Therapy; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D019836:Preimplantation Diagnosis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012732:Sex Determination Analysis; D012922:Social Change; D020554:Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic