Spain moves to extend pre-implantation genetic screening:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The Spanish government is seeking to extend pre-implantation genetic screening to include tissue-typing for therapeutic purposes, Clinica understands. The health ministry's plans echo the UK's recent approval of the technique by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (see Clinica No 1118, p 6), but the approval of the technique in Spain will require legislative reforms. According to daily El Pais, the government expects these to be passed by the end of 2004. The use of the technique is being backed by the national commission for human assisted reproduction (CNRHA).