"Saviour siblings".

Journal article

The Victorian Infertility Treatment Authority has given permission to allow tissue typing in combination with preimplantation genetic diagnosis. This is a new application of IVF. Not only will it allow parents to select an embryo free from serious genetic disease it will allow them to simultaneously select for a match so that the umbilical cord blood of the resulting baby can provide stem cells to treat an existing sibling who has a disease.

Authors: Spriggs, M; Savulescu, J

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Journal of medical ethics
• Volume: 28
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 289
• Publication date: 2002-10-01
• DOI: 10.1136/jme.28.5.289
• EISSN: 1473-4257
• ISSN: 0306-6800
• Language: English
• Keywords: Child, Preschool; Humans; Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation; Fertilization in Vitro; Victoria; Ethics, Medical; Female; Preimplantation Diagnosis; Male; Fanconi Anemia; Siblings