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Published online 16 June 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060612-16
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Making the most of a little DNA
New tests could make it easier to detect IVF embryos at risk of genetic disease.
A way of vastly amplifying the genome of a single cell is allowing unprecedented insights into the potential of embryos created during fertility treatment. Embryos can already be checked for some genetic abnormalities, but tests are limited by the tiny amount of DNA in a single cell removed from the embryo.
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